Schooner Italian Hero of Liverpool. James Dimble master entering Marseilles, August 25th, 1863

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Honore Pellegrin (1793-1869)
Schooner Italian Hero of Liverpool. James Dimble master entering Marseilles, August 25th, 1863
inscribed as title
pen and black ink and watercolour
17 x 23in. (43.2 x 58.4cm.)
and a watercolour of the brig Coldstream by the same artist (2)

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Lot Essay

The Italian Hero, probably named for Guiseppe Garibaldi, the unifier of Italy, was built by Holman at Dartmouth in 1862. Registered at 136 tons, she measured 93 feet in length with a 22 foot beam, and was owned by Duarte & Co. who operated her out of Liverpool.

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