Lot 1038: GEORGE MEARS (BRITISH, ACT. 1866-1895). THE RESCUE

GEORGE MEARS (BRITISH, ACT. 1866-1895). THE RESCUE OF THE S.S. "DANMARK" BY THE BRITISH STEAMSHIP "MISSOURI" IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, 1889. The Thingvalla Company's "Danmark" left Copenhagen with 735 people on board: 669 passengers, including 65 children, most immigrants bound for America, and a crew of 66 men. Wrecked by a violent storm, her distress signals were sighted by Captain Hamilton Murrell on the "Missouri," who threw cargo overboard and in 4 1/2hours saved every soul by means of boats and lines, landing part at St. Michael's in the Azores, and the rest at Philadelphia.Oil on artist's board, 12 x 19 3/4inches. Signed and dated "G. Mears/ '89" l.r. The reverse affixed with artist's label printed "Painted by G. Mears/ Marine Painter,/ 76, Elder Street, Brighton."