The Cutty Sark Pocket Square
Regular price £85.00John Everett 1876-1949, Bow view of 'Cutty Sark' c.1930
- 100% Silk
- Hand Rolled
- Designed and Printed in Britain
- 42cm x 42cm
- Dry Clean Only
Bow view of 'Cutty Sark' (1869) as she appeared on her arrival in the Surrey Commercial Dock in 1921, with painted ports.
This pocket square shows a large and dramatic evocation of the 'Cutty Sark' bow, focusing on a carved figurehead. In this highly stylised painting, the ship is shown moving through the waves at sunset. The sails of the ship loom above the viewer's point of vision. The crests of the waves are reduced to a series of white blocks on the horizon, reminiscent of Japanese prints. In thick impasto paint, the sun glows orange on the horizon, and the sails are outlined and painted as blocks of colour.
The 'Cutty Sark' was one of the most famous merchants sailing ships of the 19th century. Everett saw her several times while she was at sea under this name. By 1922 she had been rescued by Captain Downman and brought to England, where Everett saw her again. She remained as a training ship until she was put into dry dock at Greenwich in 1954 as the last surviving British merchant sailing ship.
About The Artist: John Everett was an English painter born in Dorchester, Dorset in 1876. Known as Herbert by his family before changing his name to John in 1901. After studying briefly at the Académie Julian in Paris, Everett's life took an unconventional path when he embarked on the first of his 16 sea voyages. He created many remarkable and timeless paintings in the early 1920s. Although 1938 marked his last voyage and World War II put an end to his sea travels, he was to paint and make prints from memory and notes from that point.
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