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This is a painting  of a steam motor yacht from the 19th century, painted by the Lighthouse keeper  S . Emmerson, ST Bees lighthouse on the Cumbrian coast of England, probably around 1900.

The board is actually a piece of a tea chest, they were at the time commonly washed up along the shoreline.

size :  39cm x 61cm.