Painting, <I>Thomas Battersby</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1830
name: label: maker
content: Walters, Miles
label: maker
content: Walters, Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>Thomas Battersby</i> was built in New Brunswick, Canada in 1825 by John Wilson. The ship measured 102 feet long and 323 tons. The <i>Thomas Battersby</i> was owned by Richard Battersby, and its home port was reported as Belfast. <i>Thomas Battersby</i> was built as a scow and rerigged by 1845 as a brig. It was in the cotton trade between Liverpool and New Orleans, and was last listed in the Lloyd's register in 1847.
label: Description
content: The painting shows two views of the same ship, the view of the stern employed to show the name of the ship. Liverpool is visible in the back ground with a good view of the industrial buildings. There are several smaller craft in the painting.
label: Description
content: Artist Miles Walters was born in 1774 and died in 1849. He was a shipwright, and later a seaman. After leaving the sea Miles moved to London. He later moved to Liverpool with third son Samuel Walters (1811-1882), where he was listed in the directories as an artist. He worked on several pieces with his son Samuel who studied at the Liverpool Mechanics School of Arts. Samuel became one of the most popular marine painters of his time.
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: 2005.0279.030
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.030
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: 23 in x 38 in; 58.42 cm x 96.52 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 27 1/2 in x 42 1/2 in; 69.85 cm x 107.95 cm