Vtg “GLAD TIDINGS” Ship (The Gospel Ship) Great Lakes Artist J. Clary 59/750

Vtg “GLAD TIDINGS” Ship (The Gospel Ship) Great Lakes Artist J. Clary 59/750 Signed Framed Black & White Maritime Art This piece is from our large collection of vintage Great Lakes art. We have several of J. Clary works of art, all of them were purchased in the early 1980's at the Coach House Art Gallery in Indian Village, Detroit, Michigan. The gallery was owned by Nona Herzog. The history of the "Glad Tidings" is typed on the back of the piece. Of the countless ships that tracked the Great Lakes in the 1870's and 1880's, only one carried the unlikely cargo of gospel tent, organ. Bibles and hymn books. This was the Glad Tidings called the Gospel Ship. She provided religious services to the families along Lake Michigan and Superior and to the seamen, long-shoremens, and lumbermen in the iron and lumber harbors. 11 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ x 2" Biography of J. Clary: Artist Jim Clary was an avid shipwreck historian and enthusiast, and he took part in the 1981 search to find the wreck of the Titanic. As the official artist for the search, painter Jim Clary chronicled the findings in his artwork. He has also painted depictions of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which was lost in Lake Superior in 1975, and he had an expansive knowledge of Great Lakes folklore and history. Artist Jim Clary was born in Iowa in 1939, and fought in the Vietnam War as a member of the Air Force. Thanks so much for looking.