Lot 20: JOHN SCOTT (FL.1844-1866) The French steamer

JOHN SCOTT (FL.1844-1866)
The French steamer 'Paris' off the mouth of the Tyne bound for Hamburg
Signed and dated 'J. Scott / 1856' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
26 x 38¼in. (66 x 97.2cm.)
The iron screw passenger/cargo steamer Paris was built at Newcastle by Mitchell & Co. in 1856 for Schuller & Co. Registered at 413 tons gross (281 net), she measured 181 feet in length with a 24 foot beam and this portrait of her was clearly commissioned by her owners or her first master (Capt. F. Vasse) to mark her completion. No further details of her career are available at the time of writing.