The topsail schooner Olive Branch in the Bay of Naples; and At sea

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Luigi Roberto, 19th Century
The topsail schooner Olive Branch in the Bay of Naples; and At sea
both signed, inscribed and dated 'L. Roberto/Napoli 1885' (lower left), the first inscribed 'Schooner Olive Branch of Buckie Pt. Banff' (centre), the second inscribed and dated 'Schooner Olive Branch Buckie Pt Banff 1885' (centre)
bodycolour
16 x 23 in. (40.7 x 58.4 cm.)
a pair (2)

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Lot Essay

The topsail schooner Olive Branch was built at Kingston, Spey Bay, Scotland, in 1878. Registered at 84 tons gross (80 net), she measured 78½ feet in length with a 19½ foot beam and operated out of Buckie, along the coast from her home port of Banff.

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