The Careenage, Grenada

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

The Careenage at Bridgetown in Grenada is a canal located in the centre of the city. It is just large enough for pleasure craft or fishing boats to pass and has two main bridges near the city center.

This is one of two lithographic prints, published as illustrations to the book ‘Andrews’ Illustrations of the West Indies: Sailing Directions for the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Florida’. The publication is partly a collection of attractive lithographic prints, showing landscapes of the Caribbean, and partly a guide for sailors visiting the area, with technical illustrations of the shoreline and details of precise locations in longitude and latitude.

The work was written by William Stephen Andrews and the lithographic illustrations were produced by various engravers after drawings by Andrews. The ‘Western Times’ announced the imminent publication of the book in March 1859, describing it as:

‘…Illustrated by numerous Coloured Lithographic Drawings, by Dutton, Trery, and Spreat, and printed by Day and Son, in the best style of the art, from Original Sketches and Notes made by W. S. Andrews…’

From c.1842 William Stephen Andrews captained mail steamers for the Royal West India Mail Co. During voyages between the West Indies and Southampton he made sketches, published as ‘Illustrations of the West Indies’ (1859). In 1847 he gained a nautical astronomy master’s at the Royal Naval College. Later that year he became Harbour Master at Lowestoft, constructing the new harbour there. In c.1851 he was employed as Managing Director of the North of Europe Steam Navigation Co. In 1856 he leased a shipyard adjoining Lowestoft Harbour. However, in 1861 he and his brother John appeared at Suffolk County Court for misconduct over the shipbuilding business. John was jailed and Andrews entered Bethel Hospital for Lunatics, Norwich, where he died.
Thomas Goldsworth Dutton, draughtsman and lithographer of shipping subjects, produced engravings after his own designs as well as after those of his contemporaries. His engravings include views of warships, yachts and yachting races, P&O steam ships, clippers and naval engagements. He was based in London and worked for Day & Son. His prints were usually available with or without hand-colouring. Dutton exhibited 15 sea pieces, mainly watercolours, at the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street between 1858 and 1879. He lived at addresses in Wandsworth and Stockwell, London.

Places

Caribbean Islands (West Indies), Grenada, St. George's, Caribbean Sea

Subjects

rowing boat, seascape/coastal scene, cliff, paddle steamer, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

lithograph, coloured lithograph

Artist

William Stephen Andrews ( - c.1868)
Thomas Goldsworth Dutton (c.1819 - 1891)

Title

The Careenage, Grenada

Date

Medium

Coloured lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from Parker Gallery, November 1956

GAC number

3630