Painting, <i>Cape Comorin</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
name: label: maker
content: Hornbrook, Thomas L.
notes: label: Description
content: The brig <i>Rappler</i> was in the British East India Company's private navy. Piracy was a constant danger, so besides carrying marine insurance, some larger companies employed their own private navies to help ward off attack. <i>Piemontaise</i> was a French frigate that cruised the Indian Ocean from 1806 to 1808 and disrupted British trade. After taking several British ships during its time in the East Indies, it was captured on March 8, 1808 by the British ship <i>San Fiorenzo</i> and integrated into the Royal Navy. Thomas L. Hornbrook (1780-1850) was born in Plymouth, England. 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. He possibly visited the East Indies between 1806 and 1810.
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: 2005.0279.058
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.058
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