A  naive 19th century water colour painting of The Friends.

Mount inscribed “The Friends 1829 79 ton two masted schooner”

In a period maple frame.

The Friends was a Swansea registered ship built by John Howard of Penclawdd.

32½” wide x 24”high (including frame) / 82.5cm wide x 61cm high (including frame)

£2250 sold

The Lloyds Register records in 1830 – The “Friends”  a single deck, 79 ton schooner registered in Swansea and owned by Howells.

See www.swanseamariners.org.uk for further information

See also The Pierhead Painters: Naive Ship portrait Painters,1750 – 1950 by Roger Finch.