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Framed watercolor of a ship with no sails unfurled. The first mast has a blue and white flat, the second mast has an American flag in the shape of along triangle, and there is an American flag at the stern. There are mountains in the left background and town on the right.
watercolors (paintings)
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Painting
"M M P / 1905" (handwritten)
"Malay of Salem." (handwritten)
"P[illegible]Leghorn" (handwritten)
"Brig 'Malay' of Salem. / Built at Salem in 1818 268 tons [letter continues]..." (handwritten)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P383
FA049
Macpherson, M (Copyist)
15 11/16 x 21 7/16 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.806
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