Painting, <i>Clipper Ship</i> Hurricane
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850-1857
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>Hurricane</i> was an extreme clipper ship built in 1850 by Issac C. Smith in Hoboken, New Jersey. The ship measured 215 feet long and 1,680 tons. <i>Hurricane</i> was owned by C.W. & H. Thomas of New York. While owned by C.W. & H. Thomas it was captained by Samuel Very. <i>Hurricane</i> traded from New York to China. It was reported to be the first ship ever to travel 400 nautical miles in 24 hours. <i>Hurricane</i> was one of only three ships at the time to have a moon-sail on its main mast, a moon-sail is a sail flown immediately above a sky-sail, and it was generally only used on ships of a large size. After the depression of 1857 had made the ship unprofitable, it was sold at Singapore to the British in 1860. The ship was renamed the <i>Shaw-Allum</i>, and is in the register as late as 1876. In the painting, <i>Hurricane</i> is flying the American Flag at Whampoa Island. Pagoda Island is visible in the background, along with some buildings and docks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Cigna Maritime Collection
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content: Transportation
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0279.039
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Object Name
content: painting, oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mounted on panel (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: oil on canvas (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: without frame: 17 1/2 in x 23 in; 44.45 cm x 58.42 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 23 3/4 in x 28 in; 60.325 cm x 71.12 cm