Painting, <I>Bellona and Minerva</I>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1832
name: label: maker
content: Walters, Samuel
label: maker
content: Walters, Miles
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>Bellona</i> was built in Westmorland, New Brunswick by William Venning in 1826. It measured 106 feet long and 402 tons. The <i>Minerva</i> was built in Truro, Nova Scotia by William Walker; in 1826. It measured 101 feet long and 308 tons. Both ships were owned in part by James Battersby & Co. and Richard Battersby of Belfast. In the painting the <i>Bellona</i> is shown with a full press of sail with the lower fore-studding sail only just being sent down. <i>Minerva</i> is turned into the wind under reduced sail, about to anchor. <i>Minerva</i> is identifiable by its name at the stern. Other small ships can be seen in the painting.
label: Description
content: Artist Miles Walters was born in 1774 and died in 1849. He was a shipwright, and later a seaman, after leaving the sea Miles moved to London. He later moved to Liverpool with third son Samuel Walters (1811-1882), where he was listed in the directories as an artist. He worked on several pieces with his son Samuel who studied at the Liverpool Mechanics School of Arts. Samuel became one of the most popular marine painters of his time.
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: 2005.0279.031
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.031
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: 22 1/2 in x 37 in; 57.15 cm x 93.98 cm
label: Measurements
content: with fame: 27 1/2 in x 42 in; 69.85 cm x 106.68 cm