The steamer Savernake in choppy seas

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Marie-Edouard Adam of Le Havre (1847-1929)
The steamer Savernake in choppy seas
signed and dated 'Ed. Adam 1880/Havre' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 36in. (61 x 91.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

The iron steamer Savernake was built for J. Owen by Richardson's at Stockton in 1869. Registered at 1,284 tons, she measured 218 feet in length with a 37 foot beam, and began her career trading to India out of Liverpool.

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