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W. Webb, 19th Century
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W. Webb, 19th Century

Sea Breeze in heavy weather off Cape Horn

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W. Webb, 19th Century
Sea Breeze in heavy weather off Cape Horn
signed 'W. Webb' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)
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The wooden full-rigger Sea Breeze was built by M. Reed at Sunderland in 1856. Registered at 685 tons and measuring 149 feet in length with a 32 foot beam, she began her career sailing out of Bristol to Australia. Acquired by Blyth & Greene of London in 1859, she then ran to Mauritius for some years before being sold to Norwegian owners who changed her rig to that of a barque. Still trading in 1900, she disappears from record soon afterwards.

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