BODALLA

Artist John Allcot (Australian, 1888 - 1973)

Datec 1910

Object number00048117

NameOil painting

MediumOil on composition board

DimensionsImage: 205 x 282 mm
Overall (frame): 308 x 387 x 17 mm

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from NSW Maritime

Terms

DescriptionOil painting on board by John Allcot of the BODALLA depicting the vessel under steam on a rough sea.HistoryThe BODALLA (344 gross tons, Lbd: 130' x 30' x 9'5") was a wooden twin screw steamship built by Morrison and Sinclair at Long Nose Point Balmain, Sydney for the Illawarra & South Coast S N Co. It had a limited passenger capacity and mainly transported timber and general cargo on the eastern seaboard. The BODALLA was wrecked at the Narooma bar on the 19th January 1924, the same year as its sistership the BENANDRA. SignificanceJohn Allcot was a well respected marine painter, known for his impressionistic oil paintings and watercolours of shipping of all kinds, both contemporary and historic. He often depicted vessels entering or sailing on Sydney Harbour.