Lot 130: Nicholas Cammillieri (Maltese, ac. 1819-1858) Ship Alfred of Salem/Joseph Felt Master/Leaving Marseilles October 6, 1806. Signed and da

Nicholas Cammillieri (Maltese, ac. 1819-1858)

Ship Alfred of Salem/Joseph Felt Master/Leaving Marseilles October 6, 1806. Signed and dated l.r., titled below. Watercolor and gouache on laid paper with gold foil stripe on border, 17 1/2 x 24 in., in a later molded wooden frame. Condition: Minor margin tear u.r., minor light stain u.c. margin, strip of paper applied to right and left margin.

Note: The ship Alfred was built in 1805 in Salem, Massachusetts. She was 260 tons later altered to 217 tons for a privateer in 1812. She mounted sixteen guns and carried 100 men. In 1814 she was captured by the British.