Source of classic barge paintings?

[jenevers]

Anyone know of a book of paintings of old barges (Thames Lighters, Humber Keels/Sloops etc)?

[howardang]

I can't think of a book offhand, but you may be interested in a web site which has hundreds of photos and occasional paintings of ships, barges and docks in and around Hull. Look in particular at the sections covering bargemen and rivercraft.

 

http://thedocksofhull.weebly.com/

 

I hope you find it interesting

 

Howard

 

Edited December 24, 2018 by howardang

[Ray T]

Not paintings but good photographs.

 

Brightwork by Mike Clarke (Pluto of this parish) - Traditional Paintwork on Leeds & Liverpool Canal Boats. All wide craft

 

The illustrated history of Canal & River Navigations by Edward Paget-Tomlinson. ISBN 1-84306-207-0

Edited December 24, 2018 by Ray T

[jenevers]

On 24/12/2018 at 16:52, howardang said:

I can't think of a book offhand, but you may be interested in a web site which has hundreds of photos and occasional paintings of ships, barges and docks in and around Hull. Look in particular at the sections covering bargemen and rivercraft.

 

http://thedocksofhull.weebly.com/

 

I hope you find it interesting

 

Howard

 

Great photos. Thanks. I wish I could have seen how the Scotts lighters were handled. I believe they used to go up and down the river Hull with the tides.

 

On 24/12/2018 at 17:32, Ray T said:

Not paintings but good photographs.

 

Brightwork by Mike Clarke (Pluto of this parish) - Traditional Paintwork on Leeds & Liverpool Canal Boats. All wide craft

 

The illustrated history of Canal & River Navigations by Edward Paget-Tomlinson. ISBN 1-84306-207-0

Thanks for the info.

[Chris M Jones]

There was a book titled Reuben Chappell - Pierhead Painter by Robert Jones 2006 who painted Humber Keels & Sloops but how many are in the book I don't know.

 

To see examples of his works just go on Google images or the artuk.org website and search for Reuben Chappell.

[jenevers]

On 07/01/2019 at 00:05, Chris M Jones said:

There was a book titled Reuben Chappell - Pierhead Painter by Robert Jones 2006 who painted Humber Keels & Sloops but how many are in the book I don't know.

 

To see examples of his works just go on Google images or the artuk.org website and search for Reuben Chappell.

Thanks for the info?

[max's son]

 

 

Believe these are on the Yare a picture hung in Dads hallway for 50 odd years, still think the Jets on the right are out of place.

Painted by a C Bentley

[Heartland]

 i know from working the Antiques for Everyone one, that waterways paintings, watercolours, lithographs, drawings and etchings is a very complicated subject. Some dealers do have images on their websites from time to time. One of the complications is artistic licence where the view may not represent what can be seen, but is the individual interpretation of the artist. Accurate reproductions are often published in books, but there remains a wealth of unpublished material that could aid the understanding of waterways history. The late Stanley Holland made a start with articles published in Waterways World.

 

A few years a ago,a watercolour by Henry Charles Fox was on sale. It depicts a Barge said to be Swarkestone, Notts. The view is of a Trent Boat evidently on the Upper Trent above Cavendish Bridge. The view post dates the general navigation of the Upper Trent, but there remained a traffic in Plaster to Kings Mill- could this view depict this?

 

Edited February 13, 2019 by Heartland

[Stilllearning]

Here’s a couple of images, if they are of any use?

The first is described as being Lavender Pond, Surey Docks, and the second as Russia Dock