Origin: Liverpool School

Irish born Liverpool artist Charles Waldron enjoyed an excellent vantage point for observing the never ending variety of ships and boats that entered Liverpool Harbor at his studio across the Mersey River in Seacombe. At this location he also practiced his trade as an "oil and colour merchant". Much of Waldron’s work was painted for…

James Bell was listed in the Liverpool directory of 1905 as a maritime artist and former sailor, but little else is known about the artist. He is said to have served aboard the ships SS POLITICIAN and RMS KARINA. The artist appears to have specialized in ship portraits on milk glass, all of similar design…

Born at sea, the son of Miles Walters, a recognized marine artist, shipwright and seaman, Samuel Walters became one of the brightest and most enduring lights of the Liverpool School of marine art. Trained at the Liverpool Academy, Walters excelled in all facets of marine painting, but was most accomplished in ship portraiture. Briefly setting…