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Weekends With My Boat...
4.Sep
Fresh Catch
m4barcelona posted a photo:
Sorting the catch after ariving back at the harbour, placing each kind of creature in to a different shallow wooden box.
Some of the fish were already dead and were packed in ice. Others, such as the small octopus, were boxed alive.
4.Sep
Fishing Boats and Herons
m4barcelona posted a photo:
The herons waiting for scraps fo fish, perched on the bamboo poles at the back of the recently arrived boats.
4.Sep
Shiraishi Harbour (3am)
m4barcelona posted a photo:
Fishing boats newly arrived back at dock with their night's catch. The gulls sitting at the back of the boats have been replaced by herons.
4.Sep
Clyde near Cowal
garlies posted a photo:
Ferry and boats with the hills behind, seen from the paddle steamer Waverley on a beautiful summers day cruise from Glasgow
4.Sep
Scott, Samuel (1702c.-1772) - 1742c. The Burning of Payta, November 1741 (National Maritime Museum, London)
RasMarley posted a photo:
Oil on canvas; 98.5 x 138.0 cm.
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Samuel Scott was born in London, and began painting about 1720, specalizing in naval battles and depictions of ports. From 27-31 May 1732 he made a celebrated "Five days' Peregrination" in the Isle of Sheppey in company with William Hogarth and others. An account of their trip was published in 1782, illustrated with drawings by Hogarth and Scott.
In the 1740s, Scott produced a series of paintings on the River Thames as it flowed through London. Between 1761 and 1771 he exhibited three works at the Society of Artists, one at the Free Society of artists, and one, "A View of the Tower of London", at the Royal Academy in 1771. He was one of the early draughtsmen in watercolors, and was called the father of English watercolor, but his chief works were in oil.
Scott earned a considerable and well-deserved reputation for his shore and river scenes, which were well-drawn and painted, and enlivened with figures, some of which were supplied by Hogarth. Horace Walpole (who had a large collection of his works) said that they "will charm in every age" and that "if he was second to Vandeveldt in sea pieces, he excelled him in variety." His views of London Bridge, the Custom-house Quay, and other pictures of the Thames earned him the name "the English Canaletto". William Marlow was one of his pupils.
4.Sep
Amsterdam - Sail 2010 - Looproute (a.k.a. Walk This Way)
Stewart Leiwakabessy posted a photo:
The impressive SAIL fleet will be accompanied by an extensive sports and cultural programme. Every day during SAIL, there will be all kinds of activities at various locations which are free to the public. In other words, SAIL is one big celebration for everyone and you don’t even need to be a boat lover or water sports enthusiast! All age groups have been taken into account, so children will have plenty to do at SAIL.
Read more about Sail Amsterdam on wikipedia, and here's the article about Amsterdam.
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