Live Auction 8918Maritime Art
Barlow Moore (1834-1897)
Lot 83 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

Barlow Moore (1834-1897)

Erycina winning the Queen's Cup at Cork, 1887

Closed12 June 2013

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GBP 1,500

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Barlow Moore (1834-1897)
Erycina winning the Queen's Cup at Cork, 1887
signed 'BARLOW MOORE' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white and with gum arabic, on paper
21 x 28 in. (53.4 x 71.1 cm.)

Mr. A. Penn and thence by descent through the family.

Specialist note

The 96-ton cutter Erycina was designed by William Fife II for Mr. Alfred Penn and built at their yard, Fife & Son, in Fairlie in 1882. Penn's yacht racing career was unfortunately short-lived as he died in 1889 at the age of 34.