AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP GOLDEN STATE

Details

CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP GOLDEN STATE
oil on canvas
18 x 23 1⁄2 in.

Literature

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Marine Collection to be found at India House (New York, 1936), p. 18-19, no. 35.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Built in New York in 1852 by Jacob Westervelt, the Golden State was a remarkably fast ship travelling between New York, San Francisco and East Asia until 1883. She subsequently sailed under the Argentine flag until 1886, when she broke up off Maine.

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