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    Maritime Art

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    31 January 2007

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    • Robert Salmon (British/America
    Lot 252

    Robert Salmon (British/American, 1775-c.1845)

    A pilot boat guiding a small fleet of larger trading vessels off a lighthouse

    Price realised

    USD 18,000

    Estimate

    USD 20,000 - USD 30,000

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    Robert Salmon (British/American, 1775-c.1845)
    A pilot boat guiding a small fleet of larger trading vessels off a lighthouse
    signed, dated and inscribed 'No. 860.Painted by R Salmon/1836' (on the reverse)
    oil on panel
    16 x 20 in. (40.5 x 50.8 cm.)
    painted in 1836

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    John Wilmerding, Robert Salmon Painter of Ship & Shore, Boston, 1971, p. 96 no. 860. (as Boat and storm, lite house and ships)


    Lot Essay

    This work is representative of one of the small Cumbrian ports.

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