The barque Emilia heading into Liverpool and shown in two positions off the Perch Rock fort and lighthouse

细节

Joseph Heard (1799-1859)
The barque Emilia heading into Liverpool and shown in two positions off the Perch Rock fort and lighthouse
signed 'J Heard' (lower left)
oil on canvas
23¼ x 35½ in. (59 x 90 cm.)

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拍品专文

Shown here at the entrance to the Mersey, the 220-ton Emilia was built on Jersey in 1832 and launched as a brig. Sold to Tuppers & Co. of Guernsey by 1837, they converted her to a barque with the addition of a third mast and began trading her out of Guernsey to various South American ports. Sold again to Johnson of London in 1844, she began a new career operating out of Liverpool to Brazil and this painting could well mark her first arrival at Liverpool after her change of ownership. Her connection with Liverpool continued until the mid-1850s when she was sold again, this time to a Swansea owner who thereafter ran her out of that port to the Mediterranean.