19th Century Oil Painting Sealer Whaler Steam Ship Of Dundee Floundering The Rescue

• Experience the dramatic seascape of the 19th century with this stunning oil painting depicting the heroic rescue of a steam ship in peril. Expertly attributed to 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 B at the bottom corner attributed to 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.
• By 1820 the foundry was manufacturing steam engines, building engines and boilers for the steam tug William Wallace in 1829, and in the 1830s building locomotives for the Dundee and Newtyle and the Arbroath and Forfar Railways. James Stirling (1800–1876) was manager of the Dundee Foundry until 1846. In 1846 the Foundry was taken over and renamed Gourlay, Mudie & Co. This company was dissolved in 1853, and then operated as Gourlay Brothers & Co., with four brothers – Alexander, William, Gershom, and Henry Gourlay – as partners. In May 1854, Gourlay's turned to shipbuilding, leasing land at the east end of Marine Parade to use as a slipway. 
• Their first vessels were built for the coastal trade, but they went on to build a number of cargo ships for the Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company. The business prospered, largely due to the efforts of Henry Gourlay, a member of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland and of the Institution of Naval Architects. By 1866 Gourlay's had become the largest of the five shipbuilding firms in Dundee, employing about 300 men, and building 14,000 tons of shipping between 1861 and 1867.
• 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. 
• Founded in 1826 and known then as The Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company played a great part in trading links by sea from Tayside and has a vital part of the region’s economy, DP&L has now been a part of these links for over 190 years. The Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Company is a direct descendant of an amalgamation of The Dundee & Perth Shipping Company and The Dundee & Perth Union Shipping Company who were once fierce rivals on the important Dundee to London route. On July 3rd 1826 a contract of copartnery was signed which brought the rivals together. 
• Dundee had a long history of building and operating whaling ships, with the industry playing a vital role in the city's economy. The Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892-1893) was a commercial voyage from Scotland to Antarctica, with the Active, Balaena, Diana, and Polar Star setting off. The industry faced challenges as whale populations declined, leading to expeditions to new areas like Antarctica. Dundee's whaling ships were also involved in sealing, with ships like the "Bear," "Camperdown," and "Commodore" being built for both whaling and sealing.
• The Dundee Whaling Industry is recognized as Nationally Significant and can be explored at the McManus Art Gallery and Museum. The Dundee Whaling Industry was vital to Dundee for jobs and industry, with oil used for lighting and as a component in the jute trade. Buckie Lifeboat Station Rescue by James Sturm 1871-1889 33 ft self righting lifeboat (P&S) Buckie Lifeboat Station is located in the town of Buckie, Moray, on the Moray Firthcoast of NE Scotland. A lifeboat was first stationed here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1860.
• 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)