Two paintings for "SS Great Britain" and two nameplates

Made:: 1842-1852 in United Kingdom

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Two paintings and the two namplates for the paintings respectively. 1) Painting. [SS Great Britain] / J. Walter, c1847. Oil painting on canvas, portrait of the 3500-tons, iron screw steam ship Great Britain (1843), when beached ashore, Dundrum Bay Ireland, depicted at high water and in a gale, in December 1846. 2) Painting. [SS Great Britain] / J. Walter, c1847. Oil on canvas portrait of the 3500-tons, iron screw steam ship Great Britain (1843), showing the vessel beached ashore at Dundrum Bay, Ireland, on the sand at low tide, December 1846.

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1865-36

Materials:: oil paint, canvas (textile), wood (unidentified), metal (unknown) and paint

type:: oil painting, steamship and nameplates

credit:: On loan from Capt. Christopher Claxton, RN

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Painting, SS Great Britain, beached ashore, Dundrum Bay Ireland, at high water and in a gale

Painting, SS Great Britain, beached ashore, Dundrum Bay Ireland, at high water and in a gale

Painting. [SS Great Britain] / J. Walter, c1847. Oil on canvas; 62x92cm in frame, 88x113x6.5cm. Signed bl. Portrait of the 3500-tons, iron screw steam ship Great Britain (1843), when beached ashore, Dundrum Bay Ireland, depicted at high water and in a gale, in December 1846. She ran ashore in September 1846, and remained in this position for 11 months, exposed to the full force of gales from the west and south-west and nearly submerged at every high tide. [She was refloated in August by Captain Claxton RN using a breakwater of faggots, stones and birch trees, designed by IK Brunel; see also, pendant painting 1865-36/2]

Measurements:: overall: 890 mm x 1150 mm x 80 mm,

Materials:: oil paint and canvas (textile)

Object Number:: 1865-36/1

type:: oil painting and steamship

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Painting, SS Great Britain, beached ashore, Dundrum Bay Ireland, at low tide

Painting. [SS Great Britain] / J. Walter, c1847. Oil on canvas; 63x91cm in frame, 88x113x6.5cm. Signed bl. Portrait of the 3500-tons, iron screw steam ship Great Britain (1843), showing the vessel beached ashore at Dundrum Bay, Ireland, on the sand at low tide, December 1846. She refloated safely in August 1847 under the direction of Mr James Bremner and Captain C Claxton RN after fitment by IK Brunel of a breakwater of 8000 faggots each 3 feet diameter and 12 feet long, placed about the stern and exposed quarter of the vessel, loaded with stones, and backed by two rows of birch trees, about 60 feet long. This protective breakwater, combined with the strength of her iron construction, saved the vessel. She was towed to Liverpool for repairs. [see also pendant painting, 1865-36/1]