William Clark Of Greenock (Attributed), Shipping Off Yarmouth & The Needles, Isle of Wight

William Clark Of Greenock (Attributed), Shipping Off Yarmouth & The Needles, Isle of WightThis mid 19th century oil painting attributed to Scottish artist William Clark of Greenock (1803 1883) depicts a fully rigged British frigate sailing off Yarmouth and The Needles, Isle of Wight. Clark was an accomplished painter of marine portraits. Navigating a relatively calm Solent, this impressive Royal Navy vessel is a sight to behold as it sails past the iconic Needles. Numerous crew are visible on deck plus several midway up the foremast. Born

The portrait is housed within a gilt frame

figures and a distant view

The work is unsigned but it’s most probably a study

The details are impressive and it’s clearly by a well-trained hand

The painting is unsigned but it bears some resemblance to works by Danish artists Carl Frederik Peder Aagaard (1833-1895) and Axel Schovelin (1827-1893)

Alongside his work as a painter

under the Summer sun

we see Catherine wearing a crown of thorns and leaning towards a bible

a mother is holding a baby while a young child collects brushwood

Signed/dated in the lower right and held within a splendid scroll and foliate gilt frame

is among a number of well-known artists invited to exhibit at the autumn exhibition of Galashiels Art Society from Friday of this week until September 27

His brushwork