Construction of Tower Bridge and the SS Ruahine
by Mackenzie Moulton
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100.000 x 80.000 x 1.000 cm.
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Title
Construction of Tower Bridge and the SS Ruahine
Artist
Mackenzie Moulton
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
I found an old sepia photo showing the construction of Tower Bridge in The Thames Police Museum, in Wapping, and asked the curator if I could use it to create a painting. I only had the stern of the ship in the photo. After research in the London Docklands museum, with the help of their curator, we found that a ship called the 'SS Ruahine' may have been up there during this period, so I was able to paint the whole ship from a very faded photo of her. It also shows the local boys nicknamed, The Mudlarks, playing in the dity Thames water, and a Police rowing galley with three officers nearby. A very detailed painting on a 100cm by 80 cm canvas in oil. It took months to complete, but now you can enjoy a little bit of London's history not to be missed captured in oils.
The early 1890s were a time of depressed trade, and the NZSC found itself embarrassed by many difficulties and troubles. In 1890, Mr (later Sir) Edwyn Dawes took over a a considerable number of shares in the NZSC from Sir William Pearce, and it was Edwyn Dawes who steered the company to successful solutions to its problems. He also transferred the financial control of the company from New Zealand to London. His reorganisation of the company involved the replacement of the existing fleet with larger, more economic ships, the first of which was the Ruahine (1) of 1891, which was over 6000 gross tons. She had a four-cylinder engine which was far more fuel-efficient than the previous ships. Ruahine (1) was a great success, and was followed by six even larger ships over the next ten years.
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Comments (4)
Tanya Hawes
This is a fantastic painting full of wonderful images of the era captured
Mackenzie Moulton replied:
THANK YOU TANYA, HOPE YOU LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER WORK. UNFORTUNATELY I WONT BE DOING ANY MORE IM BLIND IN ONE EYE AND THE ONE I HAVE LEFT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MACULAR DEGENERATION.. ENJOY MAC X
Mackenzie Moulton
Thank you, Johanna and Debby, for your kind words, So much research went into this painting, and then 6 months work in my studio.