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Duncan McFarlane was a ship portraitist working in the second half of the 19th Century. The backgrounds of his early works suggests that he was based in Liverpool, but his later paintings are of American subjects leading to the conclusion that he spent his remaining years in Massachusetts.
The Emily St. Pierre was reputed to be bound from Galveston to Liverpool, laden with a cargo of cotton, when, on the 18th March, 1862, she was captured off Charleston by the Federal war steamer James Adger. Only the Captain, (Captain Wilson) his cook and steward were allowed to remain on board with the new crew and she was ordered to change course to Philadelphia. However, she was gallantly recaptured by Captain Wilson and his two men, who placed the crew in irons and brought the ship safely to Liverpool. She arrived in the Mersey on the 21st April 1862 to a heroes' welcome.
In 1867, she was sold to the Merchant Trading Company (D. Fernie), Liverpool and was renamed Windsor Castle, (registration certificate 310). She was lost on the 31st January, 1869, in the Bay of Biscay.
The Emily St. Pierre was reputed to be bound from Galveston to Liverpool, laden with a cargo of cotton, when, on the 18th March, 1862, she was captured off Charleston by the Federal war steamer James Adger. Only the Captain, (Captain Wilson) his cook and steward were allowed to remain on board with the new crew and she was ordered to change course to Philadelphia. However, she was gallantly recaptured by Captain Wilson and his two men, who placed the crew in irons and brought the ship safely to Liverpool. She arrived in the Mersey on the 21st April 1862 to a heroes' welcome.
In 1867, she was sold to the Merchant Trading Company (D. Fernie), Liverpool and was renamed Windsor Castle, (registration certificate 310). She was lost on the 31st January, 1869, in the Bay of Biscay.