• Experience the dramatic seascape of the 19th century with this stunning oil painting depicting the heroic rescue of a steam ship in peril. Expertly painted by William Broome, this Victorian masterpiece captures the bravery of the RLNI lifeboat in saving the sealer and whaler from floundering in the tumultuous waters of Dundee. Add a touch of history and nautical beauty to your home with this marine art piece.

• Impress your clients & guests make an art statement with this nautical rescue masterpiece to display on your office wall space or home interior.
• Monogram signed WB at the bottom corner by the known listed marine British artist William Broome.
• C1890 late 19th century.
• Oil on canvas set in a fine later decorative gilt frame.
• Large proportion sized frame being 99 cm wide and 68.5 cm tall.
• Title “Sealer & Whaler Steam Sail Ship of Dundee Floundering RLNI Buckie Lifeboat Rescue James Sturm In Stormy Seas” C1890.
• Your focus is first drawn to the centre where you can see the Dundee steamer ship in distress, sinking by the stern, its central mast has been broken off in the storm and is partialy submerged by the rear starboard side of the ship. Partial black smoke coming out of the single funnel as the engines are failing due to the engine room taking on water below the waterline. The sails on the other 2 masts have been folded away. Rigging is blowing fiercly with the high winds, onboard are the distraught fisherman crew who are all on deck awaiting rescue, some of the crew are frantically throwing lines to to incoming RLNI rescue life boat James Sturm.
• Onboard the rescue life boat one of the rescuers is stretching reaching out to try and catch one of the lines. On very rough tough swells high seas. To the lower left flank are 2 small flocks of seagulls flying low, below them is a wooden barrel floating on the choppy seas. Above mainly dark storm clouds with lighter clouds shining through toward the top right.
• Sealer & Whaler 3 Masted Steel Hull Screw Sail Steamer of Dundee. Builder Messrs. Gourlay Bros. Built In Dundee, steamship built for Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company. Gourlay Brothers was a marine engineering and shipbuilding company based in Dundee, Scotland. It existed between 1846 and 1908. The company had its origins in the Dundee Foundry, founded in 1791.
  
• In 1867 they launched the Dundee of 1,295 tons, at that time the largest ship built on the Tay. In 1869 Gourlay's leased more land downriver from their yard, which they named Camperdown Dock, enabling even larger ships to be built. In 1871 five vessels were launched, all of more than 1,000 tons. In 1876 seven of the twenty-three ships built in Dundee were launched from Gourlay's yard. However, a serious slump in shipbuilding occurred in the mid-1880s, with Gourlay's building only three ships totalling 4,000 tons in 1885 and 1886.
• On 8 June 1908, the company was finally wound up. In May 1909 the equipment of the Yard and Foundry were sold at public auction, and on 23 June 1910, the company was formally dissolved. In its time Gourlay's launched over 200 ships. 
  
• Biography of the artist William Broome a known 19th Century Victorian British marine specialist artist, he was born in the year 1838. Broome's works have been exhibited & sold at auctions around the world, he died in 1892. He was based in Ramsgate Kent and he had a thorough knowledge of the nautical tides & sea marine sailing. He painted from real life experiences & he loved to paint his marine subject matter in his realism style. Broome excels in this work Broome created such an impressive blend of sea hue colours, especially the way he manipulated his brush strokes to show a great perspective of the sea with his use of green & blue hues.
• Provenance labels verso Fraser & Son Fine Art Commercial Street of Dundee, Private Scottish Dundee marine collection, Scottish auction, Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD & exhibited at a shire based museum.
• Hanging thread on the back ready for immediate wall display.
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• Condition report. 
• Offered in fine used condition. 
• Painting surface is overall good condition, canvas is original unlined, having various craquelure & some foxing stains, some paint touchs in areas wiht some small patch repairs to the canvas verso, horizontal stretcher frame lines showing through, commensurate with usage & old age. Set in a later frame which has general wear, scuffs & some minor chips, losses. 
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame

High (68.5 cm)
Wide (99 cm)
Depth (3 cm)