Marie-Edouard Adam (Circle), The Barque ‘Limbe’ In Choppy Waters Belgium This early 20th-century Danish oil

This early 20th-century Danish oil painting depicts a woman sewing

which appears to be wrapped around a desolate tree

1870Provenance: SwedenCondition: Light craquelure

while numerous papers scatter its surface

Maria was born in Sheffield on the 5th of August 1810 and married Edward Hudson

Marie-Edouard Adam (Circle), The Barque ‘Limbe’ In Choppy Waters Belgium This early 20th-century Danish oilThis late 19th century French oil painting depicts the barque Limbe in choppy waters, with the silhouettes of two further ships beyond. It was probably produced at Le Havre, France, and its stylistically reminiscent of works by Marie Edouard Adam (1847 1929). Built at Sunderland, England, in July 1864, the 325 ton Limbe was a three masted barque that traversed the North Atlantic. Seen here in around 1875, its under the command of Captain Deshayes and