1st May, 2013 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Excellent)
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[M] R.H. BROWN (BRITISH, 19TH/20TH CENTURY)
R.H. BROWN (BRITISH, 19TH/20TH CENTURY)
The Four-Masted Barque 'Nation' Underway in the Downs off the South Foreland
Watercolour and gouache
Signed 'R.H. Brown 1896' (lower right), in lunette mount
10½ x 16½in. (27 x 42cm.)
Built in 1891 by the famous firm of W. Doxford and Sons, Sunderland, Nation was a four-masted steel barque measuring 294 feet by 43 feet by 24 feet and displaced 2,540 gross tons. Launched in July 1891 for William Thomas and Co. of Liverpool with Capt. Robert Wynne as master, she was one of three identical vessels built for this owner, her sisters being Republic and Dominion. On 24 March 1892 Nation left Rangoon for Bremen with a cargo of rice and disappeared. Never heard from again, it is thought she was lost in a hurricane off Mauritius.
R.H. BROWN (BRITISH, 19TH/20TH CENTURY)
The Four-Masted Barque 'Nation' Underway in the Downs off the South Foreland
Watercolour and gouache
Signed 'R.H. Brown 1896' (lower right), in lunette mount
10½ x 16½in. (27 x 42cm.)
Built in 1891 by the famous firm of W. Doxford and Sons, Sunderland, Nation was a four-masted steel barque measuring 294 feet by 43 feet by 24 feet and displaced 2,540 gross tons. Launched in July 1891 for William Thomas and Co. of Liverpool with Capt. Robert Wynne as master, she was one of three identical vessels built for this owner, her sisters being Republic and Dominion. On 24 March 1892 Nation left Rangoon for Bremen with a cargo of rice and disappeared. Never heard from again, it is thought she was lost in a hurricane off Mauritius.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Excellent), 1st May, 2013
