Casgliadau Arlein

Ship portrait painted within a painted lifebelt and decorated with painted flowers and a flag. Painted on white glass. Held within a gilt inner frame surrounded with a green, velvet covered frame. Signed bottom right.

The Consols was built by Bartram’s of Sunderland in 1898 to the order of William Thomas, a native of Llanrhuddlad, Anglesey, who became one of the most successful Liverpool-Welsh shipowners. The vessel was lost as a result of a serious fire on board in the Gulf of Mexico in February 1912.

Adeiladwyd yr S.S. CONSOLS yn Sunderland ym 1898 ar gyfer cwmni Consols S.S. Ltd., (W.Thomas & Co.), Lerpwl. Suddodd ym mis Chwefror 1912.