Catalogue description Papers of Richard Weatherill

This record is held by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society

Details of 0138
Reference: 0138
Title: Papers of Richard Weatherill
Description:

This collection consists of a volume entitled "Records of Whitby Shipping Etc" which contains notes by Richard Weatherill on the history of Whitby shipping, covering the period 1717-c1900, including many details of construction, ownership and notable incidents, with original sketches c1908; volume entitled "Records of Whitby Sailing Vessels" which contains notes on the history of Whitby shipping, seemingly a final draft of his Ancient Port of Whitby and its Shipping covering the period 1717-c1900, including many details of construction, ownership and notable incidents, with original sketches and photographs c1908.
Date: c1908
Held by: Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Weatherill, Richard, 1844-1923, artist of Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
Physical description: 2 items
Access conditions:

Open
Subjects:
  • Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • Sea Transport
Administrative / biographical background:

This collection was deposited on loan by David Chapman of Virginia Water, Surrey in December 1946, it was formerly belonging to the library of J J Chapman and Judge E H Chapman.

 

Richard Weatherill was, like his father George and sister Mary, a noted Whitby artist, specialising in oils. He was an enthusiast for shipping from his youth, and in the preface to The Ancient Port of Whitby and its Shipping notes that its genesis lay in sociable pipes with gentlemen of seafaring experience and captains of the port and the wish to accurately record details of vessels. The book was published in Whitby in 1908.
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