ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1836

Study of the General Steam Navigation Co. paddle steamer 'Clarence'

Oil on canvas

17 x 25in. (43 x 63.5cm.)

The Clarence was built at Blackwall in 1836 for the General Steam Navigation Company’s prestigious London–Edinburgh passenger and mail service. Registered at 766 tons gross (426 net), she was 178 feet in length with a 27-foot beam and, like the other newly commissioned GSNC vessels of the mid-1830s, her 240nhp. engines gave her “a very fair turn of speed”. She was also built to carry two 18pdr. carronades and one long 32-pdr. in case of war, but never had occasion to use them. A very popular passenger carrier in her day, she survived until the mid-1860s when she was withdrawn from service and broken up.

Condition Report

Scattered retouching throughout

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