Lot 135: Luigi Roberto (Italian, 1845-1910)

Luigi Roberto (Italian, 1845-1910)
The Jersey ketch Hero in Mediterranean waters (illustrated); and The Jersey ketch Hero reefed-down in heavy seas
both signed 'L Roberto' (lower left); the first inscribed 'Hero - Jersey' (lower centre); the second inscribed '- Hero - Jersey -' (lower centre)
bodycolour, on paper
15 x 23 in. (38.1 x 58.4 cm.)
a pair (2)

This work depicts the Jersey ketch Hero built at Picot in 1872. Registered at 80 tons and owned by C. Whiteley & Co., her trading career lasted well into the twentieth century under successive Jersey owners.