OIL PAINTING OF ALFIE MERRYWEATHER (Oil painting)
1930
2023.0050.01
Oil painting of former dockyard painters assistant James Alfred Merryweather, born in 1854, died in 1935. Known as Alfie, he was of short statue, possibly due to malnutrition as a child. The painting was done by an amateur artist who was the head of the Painting Department in the Dockyard, possibly around 1930. Alfie was...
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Oil painting of former dockyard painters assistant James Alfred Merryweather, born in 1854, died in 1935. Known as Alfie, he was of short statue, possibly due to malnutrition as a child. The painting was done by an amateur artist who was the head of the Painting Department in the Dockyard, possibly around 1930. Alfie was working in the dockyard in 1930 at nearly 80 years old.