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Summary
George Renwick Barr: The clipper 'Ellen Rodger'
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| Author |
Barr, G R |
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| Title |
The clipper 'Ellen Rodger'  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre |
marine art |
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| Description |
English: The clipper 'Ellen Rodger' A portrait of the clipper ‘Ellen Rodger’, shown broadside-on. The ship was owned by Scottish sea captain Alexander Rodger (1801-77) who made money speculating on the Australian gold rush. On his return he was convinced that fast clipper ships had great advantages in the China tea trade and by 1855 was part owner of the ‘Kate Carnie’ the first clipper ship built by Robert Steele & Co, of Greenock. Their next ship was the ‘Ellen Rodger’ built in 1858 and named after Captain Rodger’s wife. This clipper was a full-rigged wooden clipper ship of 585 tons. She was employed in the China tea trade, sailing regularly to Foochow and Shanghai. In this portrait flags are curiously absent which may imply some later conservation work which has painted them out. Other shipping can be seen in the distance. On 20 September 1866 she was wrecked on the Belvidere Reef, Gaspar Strait, on a voyage to London and her hull was sold for £700. The painting is signed and dated in red ‘G.R. Barr 1858’. |
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| Date | 1858 | |||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 610 mm x 865 mm; Frame: 878 x 1189 x 95 mm | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC3316 |
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| Notes | Signed and dated in red in bottom left : G.R. Barr 1858. Depiction association: name on vessel trail board 'ELLEN RODGER'. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14789 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: OP1966-21 id number: BHC3316 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||
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