JACOB SPIN (1806 - 1885)
JACOB SPIN (1806 - 1885)

PORTRAIT OF THE STELLA

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JACOB SPIN (1806 - 1885)
PORTRAIT OF THE STELLA
SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED LOWER RIGHT J. SPIN 1871, STELLA AMSTERDAM
PENCIL, PEN AND BLACK INK AND WATERCOLOUR HEIGHTENED WITH WHITE ON PAPER
45 X 68.5CM.
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THE STELLA WAS BUILT IN 1871, WEIGHED 1600 TONAGE, MEASURED 800 LAST AND HAD A STOW POWER OF 200 HORSEPOWER. SHE WAS OWNED BY THE KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE STOOMBOOT MAATSCHAPPIJ AND WAS COMMANDED BY D. VAN DIJK, WHO MOST PROBABLY COMMISSIONED THE WORK.
WE THANK R.M. VORSTMAN FOR HIS HELP IN CATALOGUING THE PRESENT LOT.

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