ANTHONY CAREY STANNUS (IRISH 1830-1919)
The Black Diamond steam collier
signed and dated A.C.Stannus.1874. (lower right)
watercolour
65 x 121 cm (25 5/8 x 47 5/8 in)

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection Scotland, by whom commissioned the present lot

The Black Diamond was the first steam collier to take coal from the West Coast of Scotland to Ireland by steam. The boat was manufactured by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Works and launched in 1867.