Painting of the <I>Champlain</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1836
name: label: maker
content: Walters, Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: <I>Champlain</I> was built in 1834 in New York by an unknown builder and measured 131.10 ft. long and 624.46 tons. The ship was owned by W. Platt, H.F. Hollingshead and others of Philadelphia. W. Platt was the father of the 8th president of the Insurance Company of North America, Charles Platt, and great uncle of the 11th president, John Osgood Platt. The ship was regularly involved in the tea trade between Philadelphia and China, at one point captioned by Caption A.A. Ritchie. The painting is a windward view of the <I>Champlain</I> where the ship is tipped away from the viewer, which is unusual. The ship is displayed in Liverpool harbor, with a lighthouse and fortress (Perch Rock Fort) to the right of the ship. Two pillars in the background are Bootle landmarks, used for navigation. The painting was hung in a specially designed molding in the office of the President of the Insurance Company of North America from 1925 when the company was founded until 1991.
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: 2005.0279.020
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.020
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: 33 in x 47 1/2 in; 83.82 cm x 120.65 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 42 1/2 in x 57 1/2 in; 107.95 cm x 146.05 cm