Brig Eleanor Grace of Shields. Captn. J. Robinson, in the Bay of Marseilles, 1851

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Honore Pellegrin (1793-1869)
Brig Eleanor Grace of Shields. Captn. J. Robinson, in the Bay of Marseilles, 1851
signed, inscribed as title and dated 'Hre Pellegrin Marseilles 1851' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
17¼ x 23in. (43.8 x 58.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

Noted as a vessel of 224 tons, built at Newcastle in 1849 and owned by her master Captain Robinson, Lloyd's Register of 1851-2 lists the Eleanor Grace as a snow rather than a pure brig, a rigging technicality presumably overlooked by the artist.

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