Launching the Lifeboat

Luke Clennell (1781 - 1840)

South Shields Museum and Art Gallery

1810

This dramatic scene shows the historically important 'Original' lifeboat - the first purpose-built lifeboat anywhere, which was based at South Shields. The boat is manned by South Shields' Tyne pilots who wear distinctive headgear. A large, rare watercolour by Luke Clennell, a significant North-East artist whose career was cut short by illness.

• Medium: watercolour on paper
• Dimensions: 43.8 x 70.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3125 ( Total: £10,600)
• ArtFunded in: 2006
• Vendor: W/S Fine Art Ltd

Provenance

John Zwemmer; Agnew's, 1981; The Prudential Assurance Company, until 2005; Christie's, 2005; W/S Fine Art.

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