Painting, <i>Shenaz</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
name: label: maker
content: Hornbrook, Thomas L.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Nautilus</i> was a 12-gun brig of war in the British East India Company's private navy. The painting shows the <i>Nautilus</i> fighting off four Arab pirate ships, under Commander Walker on October 18, 1808. Shinas is a village on the Gulf of Oman north of Suhar.
label: Description
content: Thomas L. Hornbrook (1780-1850) was born in Plymouth, England. He possibly visited the East Indies between 1806 and 1810. Hornbrook specialized in scenes depicting British trading vessels. He became the official marine painter for both the Dutchess of Kent and Queen Victoria. His signature appears on pieces of wood floating in the foreground of his paintings.
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: 2005.0279.060
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.060
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Object Name
content: painting, oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil on canvas (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: without frame: 12 in x 18 in; 30.48 cm x 45.72 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 14 3/4 in x 20 1/2 in; 37.465 cm x 52.07 cm