The clipper ‘Joseph Peabody’ off Hong Kong

Details

Chinese School, circa 1857
The clipper ‘Joseph Peabody’ off Hong Kong
oil on canvas
12 7/8 x 16in. (32.8 x 40.7cm.)

Provenance

John Bradshaw, Captain of the Joseph Peabody, and thence by descent; sale, Skinner, Boston, 26 Feb. 2003, lot 63.

Exhibited

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China. A Century of Trade from 1784 to 1900, Dec. 2018-April 2019, 2.40.

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Lot Essay

Built by E. & H.O. Briggs, launched in East Boston on 7 June 1856, and named for one of Salem's wealthiest merchants and ship owners in the first half of the 19th century, the clipper is shown off Hong Kong, flying her Curtis & Peabody house flag at the top of her foremast and a pennant bearing her name on her mainmast.

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