Painting of the Clipper Ship <i>Mirage</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1865
name: label: maker
content: Dutton, Thomas G.
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>Mirage</i> was built at West Hartlepool, England in 1855 by John Pile. It measured 180 feet long and 965 tons. <i>Mirage</i> 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. <i>Mirage</i> was primarily involved in trade between England and China.
label: Description
content: The painting by Thomas Dutton shows the <i>Mirage</i> entering the Mersey River off the coast of Anglesey, England. South Stack Lighthouse, Puffin Island, the Skerries, and Holyhead are visible.
label: Description
content: 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.
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: 2005.0279.043
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.043
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: 24 in x 36 in; 60.96 cm x 91.44 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 28 1/4 in x 40 1/2 in; 71.755 cm x 102.87 cm