857 - Viggo Jespersen, industrial harbour with steamships and departing sailing ship, harbour scene

Viggo Jespersen, industrial harbour with steamships and departing sailing ship, harbour scene (1893 – ?), Danish artist, oil on canvas, signed lower right, an industrial harbour with a gathering thunderstorm, in the foreground a steamship is berthing, on the left a sailing ship with square sails is departing, at the quay before warehouses two cargo steamers, in the background factory chimneys, condition commensurate with age, backed tear and smaller backed area with retouches at the bottom, small retouched hole upper right, image 42x56 cm (HxW), framed, frame width 4 cm The Danish painter Viggo Jespersen was born in 1893. The departing sailing ship carries square sails, which on a full-rigged ship are set on all three to five masts and on a barque on all masts except the aftermost. Harbour tugs are small, highly manoeuvrable vessels with powerful propulsion that escort larger ships in the harbour to their berths and tow or push unpowered lighters.