Framed watercolor of a ship at sea with seven sails unfurled. There are six figures on deck, a blue and white pennant on the first mast, and the second mast has a long triangular American flag. Top sail has the name of the ship in reverse.
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"Sch. 'Spy' of Salem" (handwritten)
"Topsail Schooner "Spy." 138 Tons. / Built at Medford in 1823. / 74 ft long. 22 ft. in beam. / on deck. square stern and figure head. / Registered Aug. 7. 1832. / Stephen Phillips owner. J.B. Knight mast. / Sailed in Aug. 1832 for the Feejees. / used in trading there and later sold at / Manilla. / Copy by M. Mac Pherson made / in 1904 from an original water / color in possession of S.W.P. + J.D.P. / which long hung at Phillips's Wharf. / The only alteration is in replacing a / long blue pennant with word "Spy" upon it with the Phillips signal. / S.W.P gave a copy to Museum / Stephen W. Phillips April 1904" (handwritten)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P388
FA052
Macpherson, M
16 4/16 x 21 12/16 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.811
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