April 11th, 1915. The Titanic
approaches Queenstown, Ireland, where she will make a one-hour call
to collect her final passengers before setting sail to New York. The
evening before she had been anchored a mile offshore Cherbourg, France
where tenders, specifically designed for offshore boarding, had brought
additional passengers. All are eager to experience the grandest and
most illustrious transport of their time as the Titanic prepares to
embark on her historic transatlantic maiden voyage.
In this painting
she is cutting across St. Georges Channel, her fine lines and elegant
counter stern dramatically displayed against the quiet iridescence of
a fine Hibernian morning.
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