Duncan McFarlane

Lot 1573: THE AMERICAN SHIP "JAMES NESMITH." ATTRIBUTED TO

Name: THE AMERICAN SHIP "JAMES NESMITH." ATTRIBUTED TO
Brand: Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
SKU: vj7etx8thv

Est: $10,000 USD - $15,000 USDSold:

Bourgeault-Horan AntiquariansPortsmouth, NH, USAugust 17, 2008

Item Overview

Description

THE AMERICAN SHIP "JAMES NESMITH." ATTRIBUTED TO DUNCAN MCFARLANE (BRITISH 1818-1865). TOGETHER WITH SHIP'S LOG BOOK, 1862-1863, AND OTHER PAPERS. Depicted inward bound to Liverpool, making ready to receive a pilot off Point Lynas, Anglesley. The Nesmith, built at Thomaston, Maine in 1850 for Stetson Walker, Mills & Co., was put into service in the transatlantic cotton and grain trade.Watercolor on paper, 20 x 28 1/2 inches. The log book kept during a voyage commanded by Edwin Watts of Thomaston; the packet of outfitting papers and bills dating from August 31, 1855.

Artist or Maker

Duncan McFarlane

Auction Details

Fifteenth Annual Portsmouth, New Hampshire Summer Auction

Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians

August 17, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

P.O. Box 1435, Portsmouth, NH, 03802, US

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