The Barquentine Gazela on the Tagus sold An intimate study

An intimate study

the UA held its annual exhibitions at the Federation of British Artists Galleries in Suffolk Street

Mounted but unframed

Medium details: Pastel & collage on paper

This print is in our Cecil Court gallery

The Barquentine Gazela on the Tagus sold An intimate studyIn a conversation with Edward Sego in the 1960s, he told me that one of the most important reasons for his visit to Portugal was to see, and paint, the last fleet of sailing vessels which, each year, make the Atlantic crossing to fish on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. All the vessels were schooners, except the Gazela, which was square tigged on the fore mast, probably the last of her kind at work in Europe. She was built in Setubal in 1901 and