Contents
|
Foreword
and Preface |
Chapter
One: Origins of English Marine Art, Walters family
and historical background. |
Chapter
Two: London childhood & adolescence, Liverpool
apprenticeship & professional debut. Marriage &
offspring. London revisited. Settles in Liverpool. Fame,
affluence, orbit. |
Chapter
Three: The vernacular art of his grandfather and father.
Analysis of "Walters & Son" oeuvre. Academic
training. Early success in establishing a niche in the
shipping world. |
Chapter
Four: Influence of other artists upon Samuel Walters,
and vice versa. The excellent works of some contemporary
Liverpool part-time ‘ship painters’; distinctive
features. Working methods and techniques. Three stylistic
periods. Types of signature. |
Chapter
Five: subject matter. Ship portraits, exhibition pictures.
Memorable events. Burning of the Ocean Monarch. The great
hurricane of 1839. |
Chapter
Six: The emerging "mass market" and his
shrewd business sense. Aquatints, lithographs, and photographic
prints. |
Appendices,
References and Index |
