Lot 463: The Eliza Stewart under reduced sail in the Channel off the Eddystone lighthouse

William Clark of Greenock (1803-1883) The Eliza Stewart under reduced sail in the Channel off the Eddystone lighthouse signed and dated 'Wm. Clark/1847' (lower left) oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm.)

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Ordered for Stewart & Co. of Greenock and undoubtedly named for a female member of her owner's family, the Eliza Stewart was built in Swift's yard at Brockwear [on the Wye in Gloucestershire (?)] in 1845. Registered at 442 tons, she began her career on a passage from Newport to Ceylon under Captain Henderson but, once back home, soon settled into a more regular run from the Clyde to Bombay and/or Calcutta. Captain Henderson remained with her for ten years, eventually handing over to Captain Arthur, and then, in 1859, she was sold to Fellows of London and began running to Australia under Captain Openheim; she disappears from record in the mid-1860s, her fate unknown.