Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - Art and Artists of the Penarth Dock area . . .

William Lionel Wyllie - (1851 - 1931) 'Barry Docks' - In the latter years of his career he was appointed marine artist to the Royal Yacht Squadron and the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. The London published 'Graphic' magazine also recognised his meticulous attention to detail and he was commissioned as an illustrator for the periodical. Other works included advertising posters for the White Star Line and the Orient Company. This scene, of number one dock at Barry, shows coal being loaded at a coal tip close by the engineering works of Hodges' Engineering and the Fownes Forge where I spent three years avoiding the foreman. Mr. Tosh Thomas, as an apprentice Fitter and Turner! [452]


	image above : William Lionel Wyllie - (1851 - 1931) 'Barry Docks' - A black and white version of the painting above as published on page 140 of an unknown book. I bought this print on a well known web auction site. Another heritage item held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [452] image left : William Lionel Wyllie - (1851 - 1931) at work in his studio. [000] [002]