Night Fire, 19th-Century Harbour Scene Industrial It’s beautifully aged and probably

It’s beautifully aged and probably a fragment of a larger work that’s been saved at some point

and below our feet

There’s an area towards the top in which some darker paint has gathered but this is as the artist intended

Year of creation 1916

Night Fire, 19th-Century Harbour Scene Industrial It’s beautifully aged and probablyAn atmospheric 19th century harbour scene depicting a working sailboat before a large coastal fire. Along the shoreline, several silhouetted landmarks guide our eye towards a distant steamboat. Its smoke seems to echo the flames that rise from the nearby burning buildings. Its interesting that the artist has juxtaposed a traditional sailboat with a fierce industrial fire, as perhaps this is a commentary on urban industrialisation. It reminds us a