EDWARD ADAM (19TH C. AMERICAN)

Portrait of Steamer 'Beckenham' underway, oil on canvas, unsigned, in a gold gesso frame, OS: 32" x 44", SS: 24" x 36". Fine craquelure, cleaned and relined. Screw Steamer 'Beckenham' was built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. in 1937 for Britain Steamship Co. Ltd., (Watts, Watts & Co. Ltd, managers), Stannergate Yard, Dundee. July 10, 1953, on charter to and navigated by Russians, on a voyage from Igarka to London, she was stranded at Cape Ramantova, Kara Sea and subsequently broke her back.