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Lot Essay
Built at Plymouth in 1818, the topsail schooner Crescent originally measured 62 feet in length with a 20 foot beam and, in 1837, was purchased as a joint investment between Thomas Harrison and Richard Williamson. After various inter-familial exchanges of shares, Crescent was rebuilt as a three-masted schooner in 1847, at which time both her length and her tonnage were increased. Sold in 1862, she disappears from record thereafter and was probably broken up due to her age.
The 113-ton brig Jane was built at South Shields in 1833 and measured 69½ feet in length with a 20 foot beam. By 1836 Thomas Harrison and Richard Williamson had an interest in her and James Harrison also became a shareholder in 1842. By then she was trading as far afield as Brazil and the Caribbean and she remained with the company until sold to Curry of Liverpool in 1849.
Since Crescent is portrayed here as a two-masted schooner, this work may be dated to the decade before her alteration in 1847.
The 113-ton brig Jane was built at South Shields in 1833 and measured 69½ feet in length with a 20 foot beam. By 1836 Thomas Harrison and Richard Williamson had an interest in her and James Harrison also became a shareholder in 1842. By then she was trading as far afield as Brazil and the Caribbean and she remained with the company until sold to Curry of Liverpool in 1849.
Since Crescent is portrayed here as a two-masted schooner, this work may be dated to the decade before her alteration in 1847.