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An atmospheric sketch of an empty horizon from the 'Birkdale'. Through colour and form Everett has conveyed an image of calm showing a flat sea and the sun high in the sky. The painting is an evocation of tranquillity despite the absence of detail. Everett joined the barque, 'Birkdale', and sailed from Bristol to Sabine Pass, Texas, April to June 1920. It was his first journey after the First World War. The 'Birkdale' was due to take sulphur from Texas to the Cape, but when she arrived in Texas the ship was re-chartered to Australia and so Everett reluctantly left her and came home by steamer. The 'Birkdale', built in 1892, was the last barque to fly the red ensign and spent nearly all her working life in the Chilean nitrate trade. For a short time after the First World War she switched to taking sulphur from Texas to the Cape.