Painting of the Clipper Ship Mirage
Painting of the Clipper Ship Mirage
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- Description
- The Mirage was built at West Hartlepool, England in 1855 by John Pile. It measured 180 feet long and 965 tons. Mirage was the first ship launched from Hartlepool, after John Pile had been asked to set up a shipyard there by Ralph Ward Jackson. It was commanded by Captain J. Roberts. Mirage was primarily involved in trade between England and China.
- The painting by Thomas Dutton shows the Mirage entering the Mersey River off the coast of Anglesey, England. South Stack Lighthouse, Puffin Island, the Skerries, and Holyhead are visible.
- Artist Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton was born in 1819. He is best known for his lithographs of shipping scenes, though he did create watercolor and oil paintings as well. In 1844 he was recorded as a lithographic artist and marine draftsman. He died in 1891.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- painting
- painting, oil
- date made
- ca 1865
- maker
- Dutton, Thomas G.
- Physical Description
- oil on canvas (overall material)
- Measurements
- without frame: 24 in x 36 in; 60.96 cm x 91.44 cm
- with frame: 28 1/4 in x 40 1/2 in; 71.755 cm x 102.87 cm
- ID Number
- 2005.0279.043
- accession number
- 2005.0279
- catalog number
- 2005.0279.043
- Credit Line
- Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
- subject
- Maritime
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- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Art
- Cigna Maritime Collection
- Transportation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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