British Seascape Oil Painting Refrigerated Cargo Ship Autolycus in Clyde by Les Cowle

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1 Fine British Work of Art Marine Oil Painting Refrigerated Cargo Ship Autolycus In Clyde.
Subject side profile view of … more 1 Fine British Work of Art Marine Oil Painting Refrigerated Cargo Ship Autolycus In Clyde.
Subject side profile view of the Ocean refrigerated cargo ship Autolycus steaming along in the Scottish Clyde estuary, with impressive Highland mountain views in the background. Smoke is coming out of the ships black & blue funnel with Union Jack ensign flag shown on red background on the aft. Also at the bow you can see the name of the ship. Superb attention to detail showing rigging lines.On relative choppy blue waters above with blue sky & scattered clouds.
Title “Autolycus In the Clyde“ by Les Cowle
A nice size with the frame being 48.5 cm wide and 38.5 cm high.
Medium oil on canvas.
Signed by the known British artist Les Cowle.
Provenance label verso.
A fine example of his work.
Cowle was born in Glasgow, he joined the Merchant Navy in 1950s as marine engineer. Sailed Blue Funnel, Brocklebanks, Ellerman Papayannis, Canadian Pacific. 2nd & chief engineer steamships and motorships: USA, India, Middle East, Burma, Ceylon.He grew up in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Served apprenticeship with Alfred Holt as marine engineer. On completion joined sea staff as 5th on Euryades 1952. He painted calendars, greetings cards, Xmas cards for the Blue Funnel Assoc
Ref sources redbubble/people/LesCowleArt. The artist has had one of his others works sell at Christies in 2002.
Circa late 20th century.
Ship biography. Name: AUTOLYCUS was a refrigerated cargo ship that was launched on 23/08/1948 & completed on 05/1949. The builder was Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd in the yard, Walker Yard. Its number 107. It actual full size dimensions as follows 7705grt, 4437nrt, 9440dwt, 487.0 ft x 62.4 ft x 28.3ft. Its engines where oil engine B&W type, 2DA, 8cyl (550 x 1200mm), 6800bhp, the engines by Harland & Wolff, Glasgow. Its propulsion:1 x Screw & its construction was from Steel. The Reg Number 182483.
Ships history 05/1949 China Mutual SN Co Ltd (A Holt & Co Ltd), Liverpool1974Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool1975 China Mutual SN Co Ltd (A Holt & Co Ltd), Liverpool 1975 Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool 1976 Gulf Shipping Lines Ltd, Liverpool; renamed GULF TRADER It was broken up on 29/04/1978 at Kaohsiung by Nan Feng Steel Enterprises Co Ltd.
Set in a later contemporary frame.
Highly sought after due to the collectible nature of the marine subject matter.
With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home wall display.
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame approximate

High (38.5 cm)
Wide (48.5 cm)
Depth thickness of frame (2.5 cm) less