Paddle-steamer Douglas (I)
Date made: 1858
Artist: Frost, Henry
Description: Paddle steamer Douglas (I) passing an unnamed sailing vessel in a choppy sea. A piece of debris (mast?) is visible floating in foreground. The p.s. Douglas was built in 1858 and was in Steam Packet ownership until 1862. The vessel was then sold to agents in Liverpool and used in the American Civil War, first as a Confederate blockade runner and eventually, following capture and conversion, as a warship of the Union Navy. The vessel was decommissioned in 1879.
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Measurements: unframed artwork: 54.5 cm x 78 cm
Materials: oil on canvas
Object name: painting
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 2003-0026
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