Lot 67: Henry Scott 1911-2005 , The Tea Clipper Thomas Stephens in full sail oil on canvas

signed l.r.: Henry Scott and inscribed on the reverse CLIPPER SHIP THOMAS STEPHENS oil on canvas

51 by 76cm.; 20 by 30in.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Thomas Stephens was named after her owner, Thomas of Stephens & Sons, London and boasted a figurehead of Mr Stephens himself wearing a top hat.
She was an iron hulled vessel built in 1869 by William H. Potter & Co. of Liverpool. In 1872 she sailed from Lizard to Hobson in sixty-nine days and managed to beat The Cutty Sark despite leaving eight days later.