Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850-1921)

The Leerdam at sea

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Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850-1921)
The Leerdam at sea
signed, inscribed and dated lower right A. Jacobsen 1888 705 Palisade AV. West Hoboken NJ
oil on canvas, unframed
56 x 91.4 cm

Lot Essay

The Leerdam was built in 1881 for the Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij in Rotterdam. In the following year she was acquired by an independent shipping company who let her to the Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij (later the Holland-Amerika Lijn) untill they finally purchased her in 1889. In that same year the Leerdam sank in the Channel after a collision with an English vessel.

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