Launch of the Mauretania +Sharp-Miles Balmford Well known artist who painted

Well known artist who painted scenes mainly in Northumbria and Scotland

Bold and colourful

Jean Hammond was an illustrator who trained at Epsom School of Art

Oil on board   7 1/2" x 9 1/2"     Signed

Scraper Board  8" x 6"    Titled and supplied with certificate of authenticity

Launch of the Mauretania +Sharp-Miles Balmford Well known artist who paintedRMS Mauretania was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the Tyne at Wallsend for the Cunard Company. It was the largest ship ever built at this time and was launched on the 20th September 1906. She was the sister ship to the Lusitania which was torpedoed by a German U Boat in 1915 and sunk. The Mauretania is possibly the most famous ship ever to have been built and allowed passengers to travel in luxury across the Atlantic. The Mauretania