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Clipper Ship Golden West Entering New York

1857
Oil
31 1/2 x 47 1/2 in.

Peabody Essex Museum

Salem, MA

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Built 1852, Boston, Mass., 1,441, tons Off Sandy Hook, with pilot boat #11 right, paddle wheel steamer CERES left.
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Commissioning The S.S. Merrimac

Circa 1862
Oil on Canvas
30 x 60 Inches, 36 x 66 Inches Framed

Vallejo Gallery

Newport Beach, CA

notes
A historic painting marking the iron screw steamers rise to dominance in the American passenger trade, the MERRIMAC was the twin to the S.S. MISSISSIPPI, the first all-iron American ships. Birthed from Harrison Loring and Companys Boston yard and Samuel Pooks design, the order came from the Union Steamship Company. Since no local mills were capable...
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Schooner Aurelia P. Howe

Circa 1850s
Oil on Canvas
25 3/4 x 35 5/8 Inches, 35 5/8 x 45 1/4 Inches Framed

Vallejo Gallery

Newport Beach, CA

notes
This is an extremely well done narrative ship portrait by one of the more elusive American marine painters, Joseph B. Smith. The schooner AURELIA P. HOWE, named after the daughter of a Manhattan business family, launched in 1845 out of Baltimore, Maryland and worked in the Chesapeake and Atlantic coastwise trade. Shown in her early glory, the...
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Steamboat Pacific In Buttermilk Channel

1861
Oil
32 x 61 in.

Brooklyn Historical Society

New York, NY

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In New York City, Buttermilk Channel is a small tidal strait in Upper New York Bay, approximately one mile long and one-fourth of a mile wide (1.6 by 0.4 km), separating Governors Island from Brooklyn.
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The American Merchantman Calliance Hove-to To Take On A Pilot, The New York Pilot Cutter "No. 1" Lying Off Her Port Bow

oil on canvas
27 x 36 in. (68.6 x 91.4 cm.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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The Annie Lewis

ca. 1863-76
Oil on Canvas
20"H x 40.25"W

Spanierman Gallery

New York, NY

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