Lot Essay
This picture most likely depicts boats on the Australian wool run, one of many reported races made by competing clippers towards the end of the nineteeth century.
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LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A SHIPS WOOLWORK PICTURE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting two racing clippers, worked in wools and silks, each flying the red ensign and their respective house flags
23 x 15 in. (58 x 38 cm.)
In original mapel veneered frame
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting two racing clippers, worked in wools and silks, each flying the red ensign and their respective house flags
23 x 15 in. (58 x 38 cm.)
In original mapel veneered frame
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