Lot 499: Barlow Moore (fl.1863-1890)

Pandemonium on deck after the collision at the Nore Lightship; and A racing cutter reaching past Tilbury Fort
the first, signed, inscribed and dated 'Barlow Moore' (lower left) and '85/off Tilbury Fort' (lower right); the second signed 'Barlow Moore' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
20 1/2 x 16 in. (52.1 x 40.7 cm.)
a pair (2)

On the basis of the date of 1885 and the artist's reasonably careful rendering of the yachts' racing flags in these two paintings, the cutter with the broken bowsprit appears to be the Gardenia [built by Fairbrass at Faversham in 1876 and, in 1885, owned by Mr. G.A. Burnett] whilst the other seems to be the Lorna [built by Camper & Nicholson at Gosport in 1881 and, in 1885, owned by Mr. S. Hope Morley].

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