‡ JILL MICKLE oil on board - untitled, tea clipper 'The Norman Court' ((built 1869), returning from Java to Greenock, with Holyhead lifeboat in rescue, signed and dated '72, 43.5 x 69.5cms Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Colwyn Bay office Auctioneer's Note: on the 29th of March, 1883, the ship was caught in a Force-9 South-South-Easterly gale and was blown ashore at Cymyran beach (Ynys Mon / Anglesey). After several failed attempts by two lifeboats, the crew had to spend a day and a night clinging to the rigging. Eventually 20 of the crew were rescued by the Holyhead lifeboat. Comments: framed, ready to hang
‡ JILL MICKLE oil on board - untitled, tea clipper 'The Norman Court' ((built 1869), returning from Java to Greenock, with Holyhead lifeboat in rescue, signed and dated '72, 43.5 x 69.5cms Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Colwyn Bay office Auctioneer's Note: on the 29th of March, 1883, the ship was caught in a Force-9 South-South-Easterly gale and was blown ashore at Cymyran beach (Ynys Mon / Anglesey). After several failed attempts by two lifeboats, the crew had to spend a day and a night clinging to the rigging. Eventually 20 of the crew were rescued by the Holyhead lifeboat. Comments: framed, ready to hang
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