19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL
STUDY OF THE BRIG MINERVA OFF THE ENGLISH COAST
£2,600
Auction: 8 December 2000 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Oil on canvas,
51cm(20in) x 71cm(28in)
Footnote
Note:The Minerva was a Snow built at Bo'ness in 1786 of 237 tons.She first entered Lloyd's Register in1848 as owned by Jobling & Co, with master J.Smart until broken up in 1868. During this period she traded mainly between Shields and the Baltic.