Painting, <i>A Clipper Ship Nearing Port</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The painting shows an unidentified British merchant vessel of the period 1850-1860. It is in the process of lowering its jib sails or sails at the bow (front) of the vessel, clewing up its mainsail and reefing its topgallants and royals or shortening its sails for slowing down, as illustrated by the men out on the yards. The merchant vessel is requesting a pilot, and Pilot Boat #21 is approaching the ship just off its port bow.
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: 2005.0279.053
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.053
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 in x 40 in; 55.88 cm x 101.6 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 26 1/2 in x 44 in; 67.31 cm x 111.76 cm