Painting of the Down Easter <I>Pocahontas</I>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
name: label: maker
content: Yorke, Jr., William Howard
notes: label: Description
content: Pocahontas was built by the Houghton Brothers in 1855. The ship was constructed in Bath, Maine and measured 193.6 feet long and 1196 tons. Pocahontas was engaged in the trade of cotton and manufactured goods between New Orleans and Liverpool. The Houghton Brothers operated one of the largest and most successful fleets of Bath deep-sea full-rigged ships. The Houghton Brothers designed many deep-sea cargo carriers; Pocahontas was one of their few vessels that sacrificed cargo space for speed. Though the ship was still designed as a Down Easter, it was nicknamed "a clipper" because of its speed.
label: Description
content: The painting is a portside view of <I>Pocahontas</I>. The ship is shown sailing up St. George's Channel just outside Liverpool. There are several other vessels sailing about. Artist William Howard Yorke was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and moved to Liverpool as a child. Yorke's father William Gay Yorke was also a painter. William Howard Yorke's earliest known painting was done in 1858 and his latest done in 1913.
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: 2005.0279.027
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.027
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 44 in; 76.2 cm x 111.76 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 37 in x 55 in; 93.98 cm x 139.7 cm