Comments on: 19th Century painting of racing Thames barges http://intheboatshed.net/2007/10/10/19th-century-painting-of-racing-thames-barges/ A weblog about great boats, boatbuilding and restoration. And sheds, of course! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:33:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: jeff cole http://intheboatshed.net/2007/10/10/19th-century-painting-of-racing-thames-barges/#comment-6229 jeff cole Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:04:38 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/2007/10/10/19th-century-painting-of-racing-thames-barges/#comment-6229 http://www.antique-fine-art.com/ernest-stuart-page.htm http://web.artprice.com/ps/artitems.aspx?view=all&idarti=ODYxMjg0NjAyMTc0ODMxLQ==&refGenre=E&target=catalogue&page=1 http://www.antique-fine-art.com/ernest-stuart-highland-bridge.htm http://www.antique-fine-art.com/ernest-stuart-seascape-ships.htm G'day Christine, this is the best I can do from here, hard to find any personal details and some of these sites are auction houses and require you to register. Try the NMM, Cornwall and Grenwich, and maybe the Isle of Wight, there's a small museum gallery there I think. Cameras then were large unwieldly affairs with albumened glass plates as negs, and in rough weather sometimes an artist was used instead. The sketch was tranferred to steel or copper plates and engraved, or reproduced by photographic means. It may be that the bulk of Stuart's work was for this purpose as his style is that of an illustrator rather than formal artist as understood at the time. Best of luck, Jeff Cole http://www.antique-fine-art.com/ernest-stuart-page.htm
http://web.artprice.com/ps/artitems.aspx?view=all&idarti=ODYxMjg0NjAyMTc0ODMxLQ==&refGenre=E&target=catalogue&page=1
http://www.antique-fine-art.com/ernest-stuart-highland-bridge.htm
http://www.antique-fine-art.com/ernest-stuart-seascape-ships.htm

G’day Christine, this is the best I can do from here, hard to find any personal details and some of these sites are auction houses and require you to register. Try the NMM, Cornwall and Grenwich, and maybe the Isle of Wight, there’s a small museum gallery there I think.
Cameras then were large unwieldly affairs with albumened glass plates as negs, and in rough weather sometimes an artist was used instead. The sketch was tranferred to steel or copper plates and engraved, or reproduced by photographic means. It may be that the bulk of Stuart’s work was for this purpose as his style is that of an illustrator rather than formal artist as understood at the time. Best of luck,
Jeff Cole

]]> By: christine taylor http://intheboatshed.net/2007/10/10/19th-century-painting-of-racing-thames-barges/#comment-6031 christine taylor Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:48:26 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/2007/10/10/19th-century-painting-of-racing-thames-barges/#comment-6031 Can anyone tell me more about Ernest Stuart. I have a painting by him called "One The Schedlt" and would like to find out more. Thank you Christine Taylor Can anyone tell me more about Ernest Stuart. I have a painting by him called “One The Schedlt” and would like to find out more.

Thank you

Christine Taylor

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