" the pierhead painters " naive ship- portrait painters 1750-1950 by Roger finch.
published in 1983 by barrie & Jenkins. London, Melbourne, Sydney,aukland, Johannesburg.
the pierhead painters covers styles, artists and techniques from the first generation of ship portrait painters of the eighteenth century, with suggestions on how to date paintings from rigging details, to American and British clippers of the late nineteenth denture, and the collier brigs and North Sea traders of more recent days. also included are biographical notes on some 150 individual ship portraitists.
a very good copy of this 42 year old book in its original dust jacket .
225mm x 285mm
