The Last of the Crew is an 1853 landscape painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield.Munday p.236 It depicts the aftermaths of a shipwreck during a storm. The focus is on the sole survivor of the crew, alone on the rugged coastline.Van der Merwe & Took p.165
Stanfield, a former sailor was noted for his romantic seascapes. The work was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1854 at the National Gallery in London.Van der Merwe & Took p.165 The painting is now in the collection of the Manchester Art Gallery, having been acquired in 1920.https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-last-of-the-crew-206096
References
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