Hooked rug picture of a navy blue, green and orange sailboat riding a white wave, manned by two people. Sails, 30 x 12.5 cm are white outlined in light blue, masts and ropes are beige, water is royal blue. Horizon is a straight line designated by a 4.5 cm. wide light blue strip to represent backgr…
Hooked rug picture of a navy blue, green and orange sailboat riding a white wave, manned by two people. Sails, 30 x 12.5 cm are white outlined in light blue, masts and ropes are beige, water is royal blue. Horizon is a straight line designated by a 4.5 cm. wide light blue strip to represent background haze, sky is a very light purple with yellow, pink and a darker purple lined to represent clouds. Picture is framed by a 3 cm. dark brown border. Picture is stitched on burlap, stitching is synthetic nylon like material hooked in very narrow straight rows. Marks: on red and white manufacturer's label in right hand corner of wrong side "GRENFELL LABRADOR INDUSTRIES Handmade in CANADIAN LABRADOR".
W.R. Macaskill (1886 - 1956) was a Canadian photographer from Nova Scotia, famous for his images of schooners and other ships in the coastal Maritimes region of Canada. Macaskill was especially well known for his photographs of the Bluenose schooner.
Scope & Content
Black and white large framed print, titled 'Light and Shadow', of 2 sailing ships by photographer W.R. Macaskill; signed copy (no date)
General colour: green. Four men are rowing while one poles a long barge up from the bottom left through turbulent water. Another boat moves across to the left on the right side near the trees which cut the picture horizontally in half. Above the trees is sky.signed lr: “E.C.W.Lamarque 1955”
General colour: green. Four men are rowing while one poles a long barge up from the bottom left through turbulent water. Another boat moves across to the left on the right side near the trees which cut the picture horizontally in half. Above the trees is sky.signed lr: “E.C.W.Lamarque 1955”