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CALEDONIA anchored off Gibraltar

Object category: PAINTING

Date made: 1894

Maker: NEVILLE-CUMMING, Richard Henry

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Material/medium: Watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper

Dimensions:

  • Outside Frame: 79 cm x 62 cm x 3.5 cm; Sight: 67.7 cm x 50.3 cm; Slip: 2.4 cm

The artist Richard Neville-Cumming is well represented in the P&O Heritage Collection and carried out a large number of commissions for the company. Despite his prolific production for P&O and other shipping companies, Neville-Cumming died in relative poverty in 1920.