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Ernest Arthur Binstead

Photograph of the artist Ernest Arthur Binstead (1863-1941). Copyright reserved. At the beginning of summer we were very pleased to receive Ernest Arthur Binstead’s sketchbook. This sketchbook is principally made up of pencil drawings and watercolours made during Mr Binstead’s journey on the S.S. Garmoyle from Glasgow to the Isle of Dogs in April 1901. There are also a number of other sketches and watercolours from Mr Binstead’s travels during the early 1900s.

We are very grateful to Miss Lee, who passed the sketchbook to GUAS for inclusion in the collections. More recently, Miss Lee has donated a second sketchbook, dated 1908, featuring scenes from the Dover and Folkestone areas of south-east England.

We are in the process of digitising both sketchbooks. This will promote the long-term preservation of the sketchbook and allow Archive Services to make the sketches available to a wider public. We hope to have an online exhibition of the sketches available in the next couple of months.

 A sketch by Ernest Arthur Binstead entitled "Dungeness Lighthouse" and dated April 1901. On the bottom right hand corner of the sketch, Binstead wrote "note the letters I. C. U. which can be seen for many miles - in answer to a ships night signals for a pilot - meaning "I see you". Copyright reserved. 

The Clyde Shipping Company archive (GUAS Ref: UGD 176/1) is made up of a wide range of administrative, financial, managerial and vessel records. It also includes information on a number of the company’s subsidiaries and its associated companies. Full details of the catalogue can be found through our online catalogue for Clyde Shipping Co Ltd. 


A sketch by Ernest Arthur Binstead entitled "Margate Jetty, sketch from 9 Fort Paragon" and dated June 1901. Copyright reserved.