Large Marine Art Oil Painting David Crockett Sailing Ship By Paul Richardson

• Indulge in the splendor of this Large Marine Art Oil Painting, featuring the iconic David Crockett Sailing Ship. Crafted by renowned artist Paul Richardson, this masterpiece captures the majesty of the seas with rich colors and intricate details. A must-have for any art connoisseur seeking a touch of nautical elegance.

• Impresse your clients & guests make an art statement with this nautical masterpiece to display on your office wall space or home interior.
• Signed at the bottom by the known marine British artist Paul Richardson.
• Oil on canvas set in a fine traditional frame.
• Large proportion sized frame being 95 cm wide and 75 cm tall.
• Title inscribed verso “The Davy Crockett” by Paul Richardson.
• Circa late 20th century 1980's.
• Your focus is first drawn to the centre where you can see the magnificent ship sailing facing towards the left in full sail on choppy high seas. You can see the detail to the rigging lines, sails & black hull of the ship. with crew sailor figures on deck, a lifeboat further back in the aft.
• Biography of the artist Paul Richardson is a known British artist who was born during WW1 during the early 1940’s. Paul Richardson's paintings have sold at auctions around the world the highest sold price was 4,387 US Dollars which was for the ship painting called “The tea clipper Cutty Sark in a storm”§ that sold at Bonhams in the year 2022.
• The clipper ship David Crockett was launched in 1853 from the Greenman & Co at a cost of $93000, Size in feet & inches 218.8 x 41 x 27. Weight tonnage 1547 tons built in Shipyard in Mystic, Connecticut. Rigged with double fore and main topsails, and three skysails.  Carrying three skysails, she became famous for her consistent fast runs between New York and San Francisco. She is the subject of the sea song “The Leaving of Liverpool,” which was a forebitter dated to between 1863 and 1874, when the ship was commanded by Captain John A. Burgess. Burgess was known as a tough master. He was lost overboard in 1874. Ship was later re-rigged as a barque in 1880s.
• Ship history 1853 October 18 Launched at the shipyard of Greenman & Co., Mystic, CT, for Handy & Everett, New York, for their line of New York-Liverpool packets. 1853-1858 Captain Joseph W. Spencer. 1855 January Sailed from Liverpool to Aden in 85 days. c1857 Sold to Lawrence Giles & Co., New York. 1857 March 19 - July 19 Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 122 days. 1857 October 6 - January 9 Sailed from San Francisco to Sandy Hook, New York, in 95 days. 1858-1859 Captain Frederick W. Spencer.
  
• 1874 June 25 Captain Burgess was washed overboard and drowned in a heavy gale off the Rio de la Plata. The mate John Anderson assumed command of the ship. 1874 August 10 Arrived in Liverpool after a passage of 107 days. 1874-1883 Captain John Anderson. 1880 The ownership of the David Crockett together with the other ships of George Howes & Co., New York, the Young America, Black Hawk och Valparaiso were transferred John Rosenfeld, San Francisco.  1882 February 20 - July 27 Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 157 days.
• 1883 Sold to Thomas Dunham's Nephew & Co. who later sold the ship to S.W. Carey who reduced her to barque rig. 1890 May Sold to Peter Wright & Son, Philadelphia, and converted into a coal barge. 1899 February Stranded on the Romer Shoal, New York Bay, and was broken apart by a week of winter gales.
• Provenance Private Collection, high end London auction label verso & now in the collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant.
• 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 has become loose creased in some areas towards the top corner edges and could do with being restretched & having some small minor paint loss in areas, having foxing staining & craquelure commensurate with usage & age. Frame  has general wear, scuffs & some minor chips, losses. 
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame

High (75 cm)
Wide (95 cm)
Depth (2.2 cm)