7th Nov, 2017 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Fearless')
148
[M] CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)<br/>The...
CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)
The White Star Liner 'Cymric' steaming off the south coast of Ireland
Signed and dated 'Charles Dixon 1918' (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
7½ x 15in. (19 x 38cm.)
Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, the Cymric was intended as an enlarged Georgic but with the livestock provision converted to emigrant accommodation whilst she was on the stocks. Registered at 13,096 tons and with accommodation for 258 1st and 1,160 3rd class with a crew of 110, her maiden voyage took place on 11th February 1898. Two years later she was used as a troop transport in the Boer War and thereafter she ran the Boston route, but was transferred in December 1914 back to her original Liverpool-New York run. On April 29th, 1916 she departed New York without passengers and by 9th May was steaming 140 miles north west of Fastnet when she was torpedoed three times by U-20 under the Command of von Schwieger, who just one year before had destroyed the Lusitania. Five men were lost with 105 saved.
The White Star Liner 'Cymric' steaming off the south coast of Ireland
Signed and dated 'Charles Dixon 1918' (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
7½ x 15in. (19 x 38cm.)
Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, the Cymric was intended as an enlarged Georgic but with the livestock provision converted to emigrant accommodation whilst she was on the stocks. Registered at 13,096 tons and with accommodation for 258 1st and 1,160 3rd class with a crew of 110, her maiden voyage took place on 11th February 1898. Two years later she was used as a troop transport in the Boer War and thereafter she ran the Boston route, but was transferred in December 1914 back to her original Liverpool-New York run. On April 29th, 1916 she departed New York without passengers and by 9th May was steaming 140 miles north west of Fastnet when she was torpedoed three times by U-20 under the Command of von Schwieger, who just one year before had destroyed the Lusitania. Five men were lost with 105 saved.
Sold for £2,480
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)
The White Star Liner 'Cymric' steaming off the south coast of Ireland
Signed and dated 'Charles Dixon 1918' (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
7½ x 15in. (19 x 38cm.)
Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, the Cymric was intended as an enlarged Georgic but with the livestock provision converted to emigrant accommodation whilst she was on the stocks. Registered at 13,096 tons and with accommodation for 258 1st and 1,160 3rd class with a crew of 110, her maiden voyage took place on 11th February 1898. Two years later she was used as a troop transport in the Boer War and thereafter she ran the Boston route, but was transferred in December 1914 back to her original Liverpool-New York run. On April 29th, 1916 she departed New York without passengers and by 9th May was steaming 140 miles north west of Fastnet when she was torpedoed three times by U-20 under the Command of von Schwieger, who just one year before had destroyed the Lusitania. Five men were lost with 105 saved.
The White Star Liner 'Cymric' steaming off the south coast of Ireland
Signed and dated 'Charles Dixon 1918' (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
7½ x 15in. (19 x 38cm.)
Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, the Cymric was intended as an enlarged Georgic but with the livestock provision converted to emigrant accommodation whilst she was on the stocks. Registered at 13,096 tons and with accommodation for 258 1st and 1,160 3rd class with a crew of 110, her maiden voyage took place on 11th February 1898. Two years later she was used as a troop transport in the Boer War and thereafter she ran the Boston route, but was transferred in December 1914 back to her original Liverpool-New York run. On April 29th, 1916 she departed New York without passengers and by 9th May was steaming 140 miles north west of Fastnet when she was torpedoed three times by U-20 under the Command of von Schwieger, who just one year before had destroyed the Lusitania. Five men were lost with 105 saved.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Fearless'), 7th Nov, 2017
