Lot 78: W. Preston (British, active circa 1891) Portrait of the mixed cargo vessel Cabo Verde unframed

W. Preston (British, active circa 1891)
Portrait of the mixed cargo vessel Cabo Verde
signed 'W. PRESTON.'(lower right)
oil on canvas
66 x 94cm (26 x 37in).
unframed
Footnotes

Cabo Verde was built in 1883 at the shipyards Earles Shipping & Engineering Co. in Hull on behalf of the Portuguese company Empreza Nacional De Navegacao A Vapor. It measured 310 feet and moved by steam engine. In June 1917, it was torpedoed by a German submarine named UC 69, north-west of the Spanish coasts as it travelled en route to Bordeaux loaded with wine and sardines.