Painting, <i>Garrick</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1842
name: label: maker
content: Walters, Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>Garrick</i> was built by Brown & Bell of New York in 1836. It measured 157 feet 6 inches in length, 35 feet 4 inches in beam, 21 feet in depth of hold, and 895 tons. It was owned by Edward Collins, manager and part owner of the Dramatic Line. It served the company as a transatlantic packet for 17 years, followed by 3 years in the James Foster Jr. Line (1854 to 1857). <i>Garrick</i> was the fastest packet of its generation. Its average westbound passage was 32 days, with the longest taking 54 days and the shortest taking 18 days.
label: Description
content: The painting shows <i>Garrick</i> preparing to pick up a Liverpool pilot boat (#12) off the Great Orme, North Wales. The Welsh Mountains can be seen in the distance. The ship is shown reducing sail, with an approaching pilot cutter converging on the opposite tack. The cathead suspends the anchor and shows it ready to be dropped. According to the British marine painting authority A.S. Davidson, this picture is typical of Sam Walters because of the four deck hands that can be seen at the bow, at ease. One has the brim of his hat turned down, looking comfortable. Davidson also confirmed that the date of the painting coincides with the date the particular cutter (no. 12) went into service. Although the Marryat Code flown by the vessel is ambiguous, the identity of the ship can be confirmed through the name-board at the bow and the appropriate full length figurehead.
label: Description
content: Samuel Walters (1811-1882) was a British marine painter. He was the son of English shipwright, seaman, and marine painter, Miles Walters. Walters assisted his father with ship portraits. In the 1840s he set up his own studio in Bootle, England.
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: 2005.0279.065
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.065
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: with frame: 40 in x 53 in; 101.6 cm x 134.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: without frame: 29 in x 44 in; 73.66 cm x 111.76 cm