SS Kirkham Abbey

Made:: 1908

maker:: Alfred J Jansen

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Painting, oil on canvas, SS Kirkham Abbey, by Alfred J Jansen, 1908. Depicts the Hull & Netherland Steamship Company passenger ferry SS Kirkham Abbey in a choppy sea, seen from the port side. Smoke is trailing from the ship's single funnel, and it flies the company flag, the Dutch national flag and a red ensign. The Hull & Netherland Steamship Company was a subsidiary of the North Eastern Railway. Signed and dated at bottom right, "A J Jansen, Antwerp '08". Remains of gummed label on the reverse of the stretcher reads "Brown Brothers".

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Category:: Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Object Number:: 1979-7965

Materials:: oil and canvas

Measurements:: overall: 335 mm x 530 mm x 9 mm,

type:: painting

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