Greenheart
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Dearest Mother sent me a beautiful card this Easter. The print is an oil painting by John Sutton (born 1935).
What I wonder, is when (or whether) this scene could actually have occurred...or if it is a fine example of artistic licence.
For as long as I've known that arm of the creek, well east of the church, I've always found the water there to be problematically shallow, even in a dinghy, even on a high spring tide.
The brigantine looks to me to be fairly flat-bottomed, although without some sort of keel she may be there a while until an easterly helps her to cover the five miles down to the harbour mouth. Maybe she has a centreboard?
Either way, she must draw 4ft...and needed at least that much to get where she is. I've never found such depth, there.
On the other question, whether the vessel is in fact a brigantine or a square topsail schooner, I'll welcome guidance. :encouragement:
EDIT: Looking more closely, I wonder what are the rings around the masts? I would have expected those rings only to be seen up and down the masts like that, when the sails they hold are hoisted. Has the artist observed the rings in place when such a vessel was sailing, and added them erroneously in a scene when the sails are down?
What I wonder, is when (or whether) this scene could actually have occurred...or if it is a fine example of artistic licence.
For as long as I've known that arm of the creek, well east of the church, I've always found the water there to be problematically shallow, even in a dinghy, even on a high spring tide.
The brigantine looks to me to be fairly flat-bottomed, although without some sort of keel she may be there a while until an easterly helps her to cover the five miles down to the harbour mouth. Maybe she has a centreboard?
Either way, she must draw 4ft...and needed at least that much to get where she is. I've never found such depth, there.
On the other question, whether the vessel is in fact a brigantine or a square topsail schooner, I'll welcome guidance. :encouragement:
EDIT: Looking more closely, I wonder what are the rings around the masts? I would have expected those rings only to be seen up and down the masts like that, when the sails they hold are hoisted. Has the artist observed the rings in place when such a vessel was sailing, and added them erroneously in a scene when the sails are down?
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