‘The Ark and the Dove off the Scillies with Lord Baltimore aboard’

‘The Ark and the Dove off the Scillies with Lord Baltimore aboard’ by Montague Dawson, reputedly a commission for the White House, oil on board, showing the two ships of Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, on their first expedition to Maryland in 1632. The Ark and the Dove departed from Gravesend in Kent, sailing through the Channel past the Isles of Scilly. Signed, a paper label on the reverse stating ‘Montague Dawson was commissioned to paint this picture of “The Ark and the Dove of the Scillies with Lord Baltimore aboard” for the White House and when it arrived they found it was too small. He therefore painted a larger one of the same subject, which is now hanging in the White House’alongside the trade label of Frost & Reed. English, circa 1960.

Estimate:£28,500

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