{"title":"McDowell, William","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam McDowell (1888-1950)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a painter, draughtsman and commercial artist, born in the shipbuilding town of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen McDowell left school, he was apprenticed in the drawing office of the engineering firm Vickers. He was to become a member of the Institute of Naval Architects. Shortly after World War I, McDowell left naval architecture to become a full-time artist, producing murals for the liner Mauretania and other vessels, eventually settling in Wallasey, Cheshire. Many of his own paintings were of historical or maritime subjects, shown at the Walker Art Gallery and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1919, his picture Stern all-strike! was included in the RA Summer Exhibition. During World War II he was commissioned in the Royal Naval Scientific Service. McLean Museum and Art Gallery, Greenock, holds his work.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"heroes-of-the-sea-1930s-william-mcdowell-1888-1950-8-images","title":"Heroes of the Sea 1930s - William McDowell (1888-1950) - 8 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the pictures from Heroes of the Sea from the 1930s, a children's book from The Thames Publishing Co., with 8 illustrations by William McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 8 hi-res images, in JPEG format, scanned by us from an original copy of the book. They are 600dpi and range in size from 4113 pixels wide\/tall to 5679 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/mcdowell-william\" title=\"William McDowell\"\u003eWilliam McDowell\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 8 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53036309807434,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/McDowell_William_1888-1950_-Theseagrewhigherwitheverymile_main.jpg?v=1760302380"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/McDowell_William_1888-1950_-_The_sea_grew_higher_with_every_mile-9008295.jpg?v=1768959394","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/mcdowell-william.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}