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Pilot Boarding

Artist Peter Yeomans (1961 - 2007)

Date1993

Object number00039807

NameDrawing

MediumCharcoal, conte crayon, paper, wood, glass

Dimensions815 x 600 mm

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Maersk Australia Pty Ltd

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DescriptionA framed charcoal and conte crayon drawing by Peter Yeoman titled "Pilot Boarding' depicting a man boarding a ship at night. The ship is ORMISTON whilst departing Lucinda, a coastal town in the state of Queensland, Australia, located at the southern entrance to Hinchinbrook Channel near the town of Ingham. This work by Peter Yeoman won the P&O Art Award in 1993.HistoryORMISTON was built in 1927 by Alexander Stephen & Son Ltd., Linthouse, United Kingdom. It was sold to Australasian United (orginally the Queensland Steam Shipping Company) in 1929 and operated along the east coast of Australia until 1955 when it was sold to Typaldos Brosin Greece and renamed ATLANTIC. Significance"Our ports and harbours are no longer a part of our teeming inner city industrial scene. With the establishment of container terminals outside city limits we have lost a certain romantic aspect of sea-going life. It is this changing scene we want to help record for all times. We would like Australian artists to revive what was once a major subject for
their art, the Australian ports, harbours, ships and people."

Mr Christopher Cullen
Managing Director, ACTA Shipping
1985 ACTA Maritime Art Award