*CAVENDISH MORTON (1911-2015) 'Storm in Chesapeake Bay' View...

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*CAVENDISH MORTON (1911-2015) 'Storm in Chesapeake Bay' View of a sailing ship in heavy weather, with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) in the background, signed and dated 1961 lower right, watercolour, 26.5cm x 34.5cm

Provenance: The residual contents of Claveys Farmhouse, Mells Green, Somerset. Note: This interesting view depicts the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (officially the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge–Tunnel) whilst still under construction (opened 1964). With 12 miles of bridges and two one-mile-long tunnels, the CBBT is one of only 14 bridge–tunnel systems in the world.