Attributed to Honore Pellegrini

Portrait of the Brig Villanova of Glasgow, in the Bay of Marseilles

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Attributed to Honore Pellegrini
Portrait of the Brig Villanova of Glasgow, in the Bay of Marseilles
inscribed and dated 'Brig Villanova of Glasgow. Capt A P Steven in the Bay of Marseilles. October 1858' (in the lower margin)
watercolour heightened with bodycolour
16 1/8 x 22¾in. (41 x 57.8cm.)

Lot Essay

The Villa Nova was built in Dumbarton, 1823 for the owner John Mitchell of Glasgow. The vessel was a brig of 183 registered tonnes and had a loaded draught of 12ft. Captain A P Stevens was the Master of the Villa Nova for several years, however she appears to have had several masters. She traded mainly out of Glasgow, to Spain, Portugal and the Mediteranean between 1853 and 1868.

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