Live Auction 6104Maritime Art
William Howard Yorke (Saint John, New Brunswick 1847-1921 Liverpool)
Lot 107

William Howard Yorke (Saint John, New Brunswick 1847-1921 Liverpool)

The Colombian barquentine Zelia from Riohacha, making her numbers off Norby on the Island of Fano, Denmark

Closed23 May 2012

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GBP 3,000

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William Howard Yorke (Saint John, New Brunswick 1847-1921 Liverpool)
The Colombian barquentine Zelia from Riohacha, making her numbers off Norby on the Island of Fano, Denmark
signed and dated 'W.H. Yorke/1888' (lower right) and inscribed 'ZELIA OF RIO-HACHA. CHR. N. GRAM NORDBY FANO' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.3 cm.)

Specialist note

The Columbian barquentine Zelia, 257 tons, was built at Barnstaple in 1862 and, after various changes of ownership, ended her career under the Columbian flag. Condemned, as unfit for sea in 1890, she was broken up thereafter.