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Robert Barbour
Robert Barbour was born in Glasgow in 1937. He studied architecture at the Glasgow School of Art and Strathclyde University, graduating from there in 1961. He ran an architectural practice in Rhu and also painted regularly in watercolour; paintings range from marine and aviation to landscape and of course architectural subjects. He has exhibited regularly with the Eastwood Six group of artists from the mid-sevemties and with the Helensburgh Art Club. His paintings hang in the Officers Messes at RAF Leuchars and Honnington, and also the wardroom at the Faslane Submarine Base. The Queen was presented by the Glasgow Art Club in her jubilee year with his painting of HMS Bronington, to celebrate the first RN command of Prince Charles. Many of his marine, and especially naval paintings have now been published as prints, and over the years, many of his commissions have gone world wide. Sadly, we have learned Robert Barbour died recently. |
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Dawn Departure by Robert Barbour. A freezing winter dawn breaks over the Gareloch as HMS Repulse heads out on another Atlantic Patrol. She is escorted as far as the deeper waters of the Firth of Clyde by assorted craft from Faslane base, including a Police launch and an inflatable. |
Titanic by Robert Barbour. Depicting Titanic with the sun going down for the last time. |
Scapa Flow Graveyard by Robert Barbour. HM submarine H.28 enters Scapa Flow anchorage, passing the forlorn Battle Cruiser SMS Derfflinger and a group of sunken destroyers H.28 was one of the H class submarines. Launched in March 1918, she was finally scrapped in 1944. |
Mission Completed by Robert Barbour. 7th June 1915. HM Submarine E.11 has just surfaced off Cape Helles at the entrance to the Dardanelles Straits. She has just safely negotiated passage through various minefields from the sea of marmora where she destroyed nine Turkish ships, and reached as far as Constantinople. In the background is the destroyer HMS Grampus and the beached freighter SS River Clyde. |
Group Up- Half Ahead Starboard by Robert Barbour. A class submarine, HMS Anchorite, swings away from the depot ship Adamant during work up exercises in the Firth of Clyde. In the mid fifties the depot ship was moored in Rothesay Bay providing a base for the 3rd Submarine Squadron. Leaving the moorings ahead of Anchorite is the frigate HMS Termagant which will day part in the days exercise. |
The Mallard by Robert Barbour. The magnificent Mallard was a London and North Eastern Railway, Clas A4 4-6-2 Pacific Steam Locomotive. built by LNER Doncaster in 1938. The Mallard was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. The Mallard was designed to travel at speeds of 100 mph and to pull the high speed streamlined trains and remained in service until 1963 and was painted in the very distinctive garter blue with red wheels and trim. The Mallard is the holder of the Steam Locomotives World Speed record set at 126 mph. The record was achieved on the 3rd July 1938 on the east Coast Main Line juist south of Grantham. (The previous holder was a German DRG class o5 which stood at 124 mph set in 1936) The Mallard was restored to full working order in the 1980s and nis now part of the national Colletion at the National Railway Museum in York. |
Puffer Saxon by Robert Barbour. (P) No text for this item |
Wee Peter, Loch Lomond near Luss by Robert Barbour. (P) Wee Peter statue, erected in 1890 near Luss by London stonemason William Kerr, who as a child lived in the village of Luss. The statue is also known as Kerrs Folly, as it was created for a client who did not accept the piece, so William Kerr had it erected in this small bay near Luss where he had been happy as a child. Local mis-knowledge sometimes has it that the statue was erected as a memorial to a drowned child. |
Maid of the Loch by Robert Barbour. (P) Paddle steamer Maid of the Loch arriving at a pier on Loch Lomond. |
Cutty Sark by Robert Barbour. (P) SOLD |
Puffer Inca by Robert Barbour. (P) SOLD |
Age of Steam by Robert Barbour. (P) SOLD |
Jeanie Deans by Robert Barbour. (P) Launched in 1931, the Jeanie Deans was built by Fairfield at Govan. She was intended to work as a pleasure cruiser on the Firth of Clyde and paddle steamers had the shallow draught needed to dock at the piers at Helensburgh and Craigendorran. The Jeanie Deans continued to work on the Clyde until 1964. She was scrapped in 1967 after transferring to the Thames. |
Rough Sea by Robert Barbour. (P) SOLD |
The Light by Robert Barbour. (P) SOLD |
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