A mint condition seascape (oil on wooden board) by William Eric Thorp (1901 - 1993). Eric Thorp's work is in permanent collections at the Guildhall Art Gallery, the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and the Imperial Institute. Leading publishers also purchased his oil paintings to reproduce limited edition prints. His work is greatly admired and avidly collected. This breathtaking oil painting is celestial somehow... what the sea would look like in heaven... Signed verso, gold frame 38cm x 30cm in size.