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Oil Painting Ship Wreck Moreton Beach Wirral Leasowe Lighthouse By William Joseph Julius Caesar Bond

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This framed Victorian coastal seascape oil painting by William Joseph Julius Caesar Bond depicts the Ships Hulk Wreck at Moreton Beach in Wirral. The historic Leasowe Lighthouse is featured in the background, showcasing the artist's mastery of detail and accuracy. Own a piece of maritime history with this stunning artwork.
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Oil on canvas set in a later gilt frame.
A good proportion sized with the frame being 54 cm wide and 40 cm high.
Title “Ship’s Hulk Wreck On Moreton Beach With Historic Leasowe Lighthouse In Distance Wirral Peninsula Merseyside by William Joseph Julius Caesar Bond”.
Circa 1880 late 19th Victorian era.
Signed in the bottom corner by the known British artist William Joseph Julius Caesar Bond”.
In our opinion this is one of his exceptional most interesting nautical works.
Subject seascape marine view of the known Moreton Beach, the focal point is the ship hulk wreck laying on the beach, a fisherman can be seen climbing the ladder to get inside the wreck. On the right flank a small sailing fishing boat is being repaired with 2 of the crew hammering away. The Irish Sea Liverpool Bay can be seen with choppy waves crashing along the shoreline, further down a pool of water with a boulder just above and part of a wooden warning notice showing, further over to the left are 2 baskets which have fish in, further over a woman is walking with her child carrying a basket. By them on the far left is the wreckage of the hulks ship broken mast laying on the golden brown beach sands. In the distance a sailing boat laying on thr beach and further back the view of the historic old Leasowe Lighthouse. Above seagulls flying overhead with a mix of storm clouds gathering with a section of clear light blue sky shining through.
Artist biography William Joseph Julius Caesar Bond a known British artist who was born on August 22nd in the year 1833 he grew up in Knotty Ash historically in Lancashire now Merseyside. He married Jane Douglas (Ellis) Bond on the 12th July 1860 in Bangor, Caernarfonshire, Wales. He was the father of 4 children being Margaret Susannah Bond, William Owen Bond, Cameron Douglas Bond & Eliza Isabel Douglas (Bond) Sharps. He died on March 29th in the year 1926 at the great age of 92 in Freshfield Formby, Liverpool. Numerous key galleries and museums like the Walker Art Gallery & Williamson Art Gallery & Museum have featured his works. William Joseph Julius Caesar Bond's paintings have sold at auction houses around the world Like Bonhams, Sotherby’s, Christie’s and others the highest sold price being for $42,544 US Dollars, which was for the work Shipping on the Mersey, with St Margaret’s Church Tower Behind”.
Leasowe Lighthouse is an historic lighthouse in Moreton on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England. The lighthouse was built in 1763 by The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to guide shipping safely to the Port of Liverpool and is the oldest lighthouse built from bricks in the United Kingdom.[2] The lighthouse became obsolete and was closed in 1908. The last lighthouse keeper was a Mrs. Williams, the only known female lighthouse keeper of the period. The lighthouse is on Moreton Common near Mockbeggar Wharf. The Wharf takes its name from Mockbeggar Hall, which is an alternative name for the nearby Leasowe Castle.
The area is in the North Wirral Coastal Park and used for recreational purposes such as walking and bird watching. The lighthouse is a tapering cylindrical design that is one hundred and one feet tall with cavity walls that are several feet thick and a plain balcony. The construction used 660,000 hand-made bricks. It has seven floors. The original wooden staircase was replaced in 1898, with one made of cast iron that has one hundred and thirty steps. The light was originally coal-fired, but in 1772 changed to oil burning. Moreton is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Located on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, it is approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) to the west of Wallasey. Historically part of Cheshire and now within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
Sources England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, also see Walker Art Gallery.
Provenance Private maritime collection from the Merseyside based Vendor, auction label verso along with Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.
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Condition report.
Offered in fine used condition.
Painting surface in overall acceptable order condition, canvas is original & has has not ben relined, having various craquelure & foxing stains. With some paint loss in areas and some paint touch ups to the sky area and fishing boat and along parts of the bottom area. The frame has general wear, scuffs, minor chips, losses & has had a repair to the top middle section & has been over painted commensurate with usage & age.
Hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home wall display.
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame

High (40 cm)
Wide (54 cm)
Depth (3.5 cm)