English School, 19th Century

The Snow Ancient Promise of Blythe off Texel, 1872

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English School, 19th Century
The Snow Ancient Promise of Blythe off Texel, 1872
pen and black ink and watercolour heightened with white
17½ x 27in. (44.4 x 68.7cm.)

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The snow Ancient Promise was built to the order of Alder's of Blythe by Barkes at Sunderland in 1866. Registered at 248 tons, she measured 102½ feet in length with a 26½ foot beam and traded out of Blythe to various destinations including the Baltic, the Mediterranean and latterly, the British West Indies.

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