Painting, <i>Barque</i> Otteren
date: label: date made
content: 1849
name: label: maker
content: Maryford, W. Mitchell
notes: label: Description
content: The was originally built as the barque <i>Robert Barbour</i>. It was built in 1862 by Brown in Richibucto, New Brunswick. <i>Robert Barbour</i> measured 146 feet long and 561 tons. Its first owners were Duff and Company and it traded between Liverpool and India. Around 1867 <i>Robert Barbour</i> was sold to J.C. Johnson of Norway and its name was changed to <i>Otteren</i>, which means "the otter" in English. The <i>Otteren</i> was listed as abandoned by Lloyds in 1886.
label: Description
content: The painting is a profile of <i>Otteren</i> with all its sails unfurled. A steamer to the right and several small sailing vessels to the left are visible. The ensign flown by the vessels is unique and is not readily recognized by Norwegians. At this time period Norway and Sweden were united under Sweden's monarch, as Norway had no king. Norway only began using its current flag in 1905 when a king from Denmark took the throne. Norway combined the flags, taking the yellow horizontal stripe of the Swedes and the Blue vertical bar of the Norwegians. In the painting the yellow bar is fading.
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: 2005.0279.040
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.040
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: 30 1/2 in x 46 1/2 in; 77.47 cm x 118.11 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 38 1/2 in x 54 3/4 in; 97.79 cm x 139.065 cm