H.M. Steam Sloop 'Styx'
Edward Everard Arnold (Heilbronn c.1824 -New Orleans 1866)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1863 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
864 x 737 mm (34 x 29 in)
Place of origin
New Orleans
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836205
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, H. M. Steam Sloop 'Styx', by Edward Everard Arnold (Heilbronn c.1824 - New Orleans 1866), E. Arnold Pinxit New Orleans 1863. Commander Hon W. Ward (William Ward, son of Edward Southwell Ward and Harriet Maxwell?). Three masted steam sloop decked out in bunting.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1903 – 1993), in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Credit line
Castle Ward, The Bangor Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
H M STEAM SLOOP STYX, HONble W.J. WARD, COMMANDER (bottom right hand side) E Arnold Pinxit New Orleans 1863 (bottom left hand side)
Makers and roles
Edward Everard Arnold (Heilbronn c.1824 -New Orleans 1866) , artist