GEORGE MEARS (UK, 1865-1910)
Portrait of the Passenger Paddle Steamship "Princess Alice" passing a light ship, oil on canvas, signed lower right. Label and tag from Wally Findlay Gallery of NYC, having a price of $24,000. Cleaned. OS: 44.5 x 24.5. SS: 35.5 x 19.25 Launched in 1865, the "Princess Alice" sank in the Thames after a collision with a Collier on September 3, 1878, with a loss of 600 to 700 souls, the greatest tragedy of any inland sinking.
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Portrait of the Passenger Paddle Steamship "Princess Alice" passing a light ship, oil on canvas, signed lower right. Label and tag from Wally Findlay Gallery of NYC, having a price of $24,000. Cleaned. OS: 44.5 x 24.5. SS: 35.5 x 19.25 Launched in 1865, the "Princess Alice" sank in the Thames after a collision with a Collier on September 3, 1878, with a loss of 600 to 700 souls, the greatest tragedy of any inland sinking.