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A watercolor of a masted ship with an American flag waving off the back. Distant mountains along the coast behind the ship. Pale blue sky along the top, with a whitish sky across middle of piece. Frame is painted gold, with a beaded inner border. Name of artist of original painting (Sunqua) is in bottom right.
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"Barque "CYNTHIA" of Salem. / Built at Haverhill in 1833 for David Pingree, 374 tons. / Length124 ft. 2 1/2in. Breadth 25ft. 7in. Depth 12ft. 9in. Billet head. Square stern / Registered at the Salem Custom House as follows; / Oct 26, 1838, David Pingree and Emery Johnson owners. Emery Johnson master. / Copy made in 1902 by M. McPherson of the originalpainting in oil by Sunqua / a Chinese artist, showing the vessel lying off Lintin in China. The original / picture is in the possession of Walter Johnson, son of Capt. Johnson./ While in the service of Mr. Pingree, between 1835 and 1847 the "CYNTHIA" / made eleven voyages to Canton Sumartra and other Eastern ports. / Dec. 1902 Stephen W. Phillips. (Typed history of ship and painting. Date and signature are handwritten in ink. In accession folder.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P123
Macpherson, M (Artist)
19 11/16 x 27 x 1 5/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.546
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