Painting, <I>Owen Potter</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1850
name: label: maker
content: Heard, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: <I>Owen Potter</I> was built by Jonathan Fell, in Workington, county of Cumberland (now Cumbria) in 1850. The ship was purchased by Potter Brothers & Co. It measured 148.8 feet and 780 tons. The <I>Owen Potter</I> was built for trade in the Far East and frequently traveled to Calcutta. The ship went missing in 1857.
label: Description
content: The painting is a portside and rear ¾ view of the ship. The ship's location in the painting is the North West Lightship, Liverpool Bay. In the central port profile the pilot jack is in the process of being hoisted to the fore masthead. The houseflag is depicted as a black horse on white ground, which confirms the ship owners as Potter Brothers & Co. Joseph Heard was born in 1799 in Whitehaven, Cumberland. Following a brief stay in London, Heard moved to Liverpool sometime after the mid 1820's. He shared a studio with his brother who painted portraits. Heard became extremely popular second only to Samuel Walters. Joseph died in 1859.
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: 2005.0279.024
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.024
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: 25 in x 35 in; 63.5 cm x 88.9 cm
label: Measurements
content: with frame: 30 1/2 in x 39 3/4 in; 77.47 cm x 100.965 cm