Painting of Sailing ship <i>Salem</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Salem</i> was built in 1852, at New Brunswick, Canada, and measured 155 feet long and 839 tons. Its home port was Liverpool, England, then Hull, England, and it often traded to Australia. It disappears from the register in 1873.
label: Description
content: The painting is a portside view of <i>Salem</i>, with all its sails unfurled. The hull of the ship has painted gunports. A Union Jack is at the foremast, calling for a pilot. There are two lighthouses in the background. All the flags are new, and the masts, hull and rigging are repainted. Small sailboats in the background show signs of being over cleaned.
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: 2005.0279.036
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.036
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Object Name
content: painting, oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil on panel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 39 3/4 in x 41 1/2 in; 100.965 cm x 105.41 cm
label: Measurements
content: without frame: 23 1/2 in x 35 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 90.17 cm