A SHIPS WOOLWORK PICTURE
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A SHIPS WOOLWORK PICTURE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed2 November 2011

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GBP 1,875

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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

Specialist note

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.