Live Auction 5317Maritime Art
Duncan McFarlane of Liverpool (1853-c.1870 America)
Lot 59

Duncan McFarlane of Liverpool (1853-c.1870 America)

The emigrant ship Carnatic of Boston, in two positions, off the Perch Rock Fort at the entrance to the harbour of Liverpool, under the command of Captain John Devereux

Closed5 June 2014

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GBP 10,625

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Duncan McFarlane of Liverpool (1853-c.1870 America)
The emigrant ship Carnatic of Boston, in two positions, off the Perch Rock Fort at the entrance to the harbour of Liverpool, under the command of Captain John Devereux
oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm.)

Henry Kelsey Devereux of Cleveland, Ohio, and thence by descent until bequeathed to the present owner.

Specialist note

The Carnatic was registered at 602 tons and was built at Saco, Maine in 1847 for R. Hooper & Captain. Sailing out of Boston until she was sold to Genoa in 1862, she disappears from the registry in 1872.