Painting of the <I>Matilda Wattenbach</I>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1935-1937
name: label: maker
content: Dawson, Montague
notes: label: Description
content: <I>Matilda Wattenbach</I> was built under special Lloyd's Registry of Shipping survey in 1853 by Frederick C. Clark in Jersey, England for J.J Helhuish and T.H.A. Wattenbach. The ship measured 210 feet in length, 35 feet in beam, 20 feet in depth of hold, and 1,058 tons. It first appears in Lloyd's Register in 1854. The <I>Matilda Wattenback</I> was a metal-sheathed vessel that traded between Great Britain and New Zealand and later participated in the China trade. In 1864 the ship's name changed to <I>Race Horse</I>.
label: Description
content: The painting shows a front view of the ship under full sail from off the port bow. Montague Dawson (1895-1973) was a British painter whose father and grandfather were also well-known artists. During World War I he illustrated naval engagements. After the war, he specialized in the portrayal of clipper ships in full sail.
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: 2005.0279.016
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.016
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: 30 in x 20 in; 76.2 cm x 50.8 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 38 in x 28 1/4 in; 96.52 cm x 71.755 cm