Painting of Sailing Ship <i>Patriarch</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1962
name: label: maker
content: Tufnell, E.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Patriarch</i> was built by W. Hood in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1869. It was an Australian wool carrier measuring 222 feet 1 inch in length, 38 feet 1 inch in beam, 22 feet 3 inches in depth of hold, and weighed 1,339 tons.
label: Description
content: The ship sailed for G. Thompson's White Star Line, founded in 1825. <i>Patriarch</i> was the first iron clipper built for the line. They also owned <i>Thermopylae</i>, considered one of the fastest clipper ships ever. In 1898 <i>Patriarch</i> was sold to a Norwegian owner, G. Manson of Stavanger; in the same year it was sold again to Alexander Bech. The ship wrecked in 1912 off of Cape Corrientes, Cuba. This painting by British artist Eric Tufnell (1888-1978) shows <i>Patriarch</i> under full sail.
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: 2005.0279.050
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.050
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Object Name
content: painting, oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor on paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: without frame: 14 1/2 in x 20 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 52.07 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 21 1/2 in x 29 in; 54.61 cm x 73.66 cm