Painting, <i>The Ship</i> Maldon
date: label: date made
content: 1867
name: label: maker
content: Scott, John
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Maldon</i> was built in 1863 in Quebec. It measured 199 feet in length, 37.9 feet in beam, 22 feet in depth of hold, and 1187 tons. <i>Maldon</i> was owned by a Mr. Findlay, and its master was Captain T. Scott. From its home port of Liverpool, England, the <i>Maldon</i> was active in the trade with India. Later, the ship was owned by Harry Smith Edwards of South Shields. It was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1871, and its end is unknown. The painting shows the starboard side of Maldon in front of a rocky coastline. To the right of the painting is a second view of the same ship. Birds and some debris are present in the foreground. In a July 1997 letter, British Marine painting authority A.S. Davidson speculates that the background is probably the entrance to Sunderland harbor, a point about 10 miles south of Scott's usual backdrop of Tynemouth. John Scott was a Newcastle painter born in 1840. He worked mainly in oils.Typically his paintings featured England's eastern coastline in the background.
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: 2005.0279.045
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.045
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: 26 in x 45 in; 66.04 cm x 114.3 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 31 in x 49 1/4 in; 78.74 cm x 125.095 cm