Painting, Ship <I>William Penn</I>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Painted around 1850 by an unknown artist, this formal ship portrait portrays the Black Diamond Line's ship <I>William Penn</I>. The Black Diamond Line was established in 1846 in Philadelphia, PA and operated a line of regularly-scheduled packet ships to Liverpool, England until just before the Civil War.
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: 2005.0279.005
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.005
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: with frame: 29 3/4 in x 31 3/8 in; 75.565 cm x 79.6925 cm