File:William Howard Yorke - American Ship Grandee off Holyhead.jpg

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William Howard Yorke: American Ship Grandee off Holyhead   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
William Howard Yorke  (1847–1921)  wikidata:Q21465527
 
William Howard Yorke
Alternative names
William H. Yorke; William Horde Yorke; William Hoarde Yorke; W. H. Yorke
Description Canadian-British painter
Date of birth/death 1847 Edit this at Wikidata 1921 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Saint John Liverpool
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q21465527
Title
American Ship Grandee off Holyhead
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: American Ship Grandee off Holyhead

Grandee built 1874 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Yorke added details such as Captain Jacobs (the commander of Grandee throughout her career) holding the hand of a young boy, likely his son, on the after-cabin top. Other details include the intent posture of the helmsman and bow lookout; and the decoration on the aft-cabin entrance.
Oil on Canvas
24 x 36 inches

Signed LL: W.H. Yorke, L.pool 1874
Date 1874
date QS:P571,+1874-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Vallejo Gallery

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