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South Bay Scarborough wood engraving

The shipping forecast


Lino print


460 x 310 mm


30 + 3 artist's proofs


Hannmuhle etching 140 Lbs ( 300 gsm)


£215.00



Bailey, Biscay, Cromarty, Dogger, Dover, Faeroes, Fair Isle, Fastnet, Fisher, Fitzroy, Forth, Forties

German Bight, Hebrides, Humber, Irish Sea, Lundy, Malin, North Utsire, Plymouth, Portland, Rockall

Shannon, Sole, South East Iceland, South Utsire, Thames, Trafalgar, Tyne, Viking, Wight


 The soothing sound of The Shipping forecast as heard on the BBC first broadcast in 1925, to be heard at 00:48, 05:20, and 17:54 daily. I'm familiar with the early morning broadcast at 00.48, usually after a long day printing, so ~i thought it was perhaps time I actually put them into a print.

  

The shipping forecast

Lino print