The Daniel Rankin powering along

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Michael James Whitehand, 20th Century
The Daniel Rankin powering along
signed 'M. J Whitehand' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31½ x 39¼ in. (80 x 100 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The fully-rigged ship Daniel Rankin was built on the Clyde at Dumbarton in 1858 and soon settled into the India Trade under Captain Hartnell, but disappears from the record in the 1870s, possibly wrecked, but more likely sold to new owners and renamed.

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