This oil painting of the RMS Queen Mary,above, by marine painter William McDowell (1888-1950) was taken to a multi-estimate £12,000 at Surrey saleroom John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium).
Offered on January 31, the large, 2ft 9in x 5ft 4in (84cm x 1.62m), oil on canvas appears to belong to a small series of commemorative paintings produced in the 1930s for the ship’s owner, Cunard White Star.