Lot 620
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Circle of Tommaso de Simone (fl.1855-1865)
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Circle of Tommaso de Simone (fl.1855-1865)

The barquentine Sparkling Foam in the Mediterranean off Naples

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Circle of Tommaso de Simone (fl.1855-1865)
The barquentine Sparkling Foam in the Mediterranean off Naples
indistinctly inscribed and dated '1870' [?] (centre)
oil on canvas
19 x 29 in. (48 x 74 cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The wooden barquentine Sparkling Foam was built in Pain's Yard at Sandwich for Hoult & Co. of Whitstable in 1868. Registered in Ramsgate at 199 tons gross (175 net), she measured 116 feet in length with a 24½ foot beam and, by 1873, was trading out of Liverpool to South America amongst many different destinations. After a long and successful if uneventful life, she was sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel on 15th March 1918 whilst travelling from Caen to Swansea in ballast.

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