Dramatic Oil Painting Barque Ship General Wolsely Enroute to St John Sinking Gull Rock

Traditional Seascape Marine Art Oil Painting Barque Cargo Ship General Wolsely Enroute to St John Floundering Sinking Ledge Gull Rock Brier Island Being Rescued From Shore. Painted in the Victorian influenced inspired design. Impress your clients & guests make a great Fine art statement with this nautical heroic rescue masterpiece to display on your office wall space or home interior. Indistinctly signed at the bottom corner by the British artist H Bunsey. C1975 late 20th century. Oil on board as set in a fine original gilt frame, with front protective glass cover. A rather nice easy display sized frame being 37 cm wide and 27 cm high. Title “Disaster Struck In 1875 Barque General Wolsley Wrecked Brier Island Crew Rescue” By H Bunsey Your focus is first drawn to the centre where you can see the cargo ship General Wolsely in side profile being bashed and crashing against the rocks in distress, & sinking by the bow, having 3 masts & it is partially submerged with heavy white sea wash & spray with rolling seas crashing onto the deck of the ship. The sails have been folded away. Rigging is blowing fiercly with the high winds, onboard are the crew huddled together on deck awaiting rescue, rescue lines have been secured from a rescue party who are onshore pulling away at the lines and they have procurred a bosun's type chair to carry the surving crew one by one across to safety onshore. Above dark storm clouds sky all around, with large waves approaching on the left & central flanks. The disaster occurred on the shores of Brier Island in 1875 Victorian era. On August 19th of that year on the ledge of Gull Rock. Gull Rock is a rock ledge that continues in to the mainland of Brier Island. Also around halfway in from Gull Rocks is another group of rocks named Green Island. The rock ledge which connects Gull Rock with Green Island to the mainland of Brier Island. Is located just below the surface at high water which is named Gull Rock Ledge. It is a very dangerous area & so many ship are lost in this location. The barque 3 masted sailing ship General Wolsley was on her second trip from Liverpool, United Kingdom sailing to Saint John, New Brunswick in Canada. The ship ran aground off Gull Rock Ledge during a thick fog & became wrecked. General Wolsley, Saint John, barque, 720 tons, 153.5 X 32.8 x 19.5. Built 1874, St. Martins. Barque General Wolsley, built in 1874, 750 tons, of and for St. John, N.B., from Liverpool, G.B. A general cargo ship, all of the crew survived thankfully. The Vessel was valued at around $32,000 dollars and insured for five-eighths of this amount. The cargo was valuable onboard which included a new organ for the St. John Cathedral, which alone was worth $6,000 dollars. Provenance private marine collection, Arquati Brev Frame & Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd Hanging thread on the back ready for immediate wall display. We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance. We provide our clients with friendly professional expert customer service. Browse our other exciting Fine Arts, antiques & collectibles available in our shop gallery. Dimensions in centimetres of the frame High (27 cm) Wide (37 cm) Depth (3 cm)