Derek George Montague Gardner (British, 1914-2007)'The Eddystone light a beam. The tea-clipper Lahloo coming up Channel. 9th October 1869' signed and dated 'Derek A.M/GARDNER/1994' (lower left); titled (on canvas overleaf)oil on canvas81.3 x 121.9cm (32 x 48in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Polak Fine Art Dealers, London, ref no. DG 301.Private collection, UK (purchased from the above in February 1996), and thence by descent to the current owner.A note from the artist reads as follows:'The tea-clipper Lahloo was built by Robert Steele &Co. and sent afloat from their yard on the Clyde at Greenock in 1867. This firm, which began in the 1970s as a builder of fishing boats, was established by the mid years of the nineteenth century as one of the leading shipbuilders in the Kingdom. Among the graceful tea-clippers built by Steele were Kate Carnie (1855), Falcon (1859), Serica (1863), Ariel (1865), Sir Lancelot (1865), Titania (1866) and then in 1867 he launched the Lahloo for Alexander Rodger of Glasgow who owned the famous Taeping which Steele had built in 1863.The ship was of composite construction and like many of the tea ships heavily sparred and of superb workmanship throughout. She came out with the deep topsails but it appears these were soon replaced by doubles and this is how I have shown her when coming up Channel in 1869 off the Eddystone, then 100 days out from Foochow bound for London.As with many of the hard-driven ships of that day the Lahloo's life was a short one. She was wrecked in the eastern seas on one of the Sunda Islands when on her way from Shanghai with tea in 1872.'This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.

The work appears to be in nice presentable order and ready to hang. The canvas has been lined. UV light reveals some areas that fluoresce but this is thought to be due to the artist pigments.