Sketches of sailing vessels Stornoway at sea and Comet in a gale
Two sketches of clipper ships in blue and black pencil on one page. Both sketches appear to have been copied from Arthur H. Clark, ‘The Clipper Ship Era, An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews, 1843–1869’ (New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1910).
The upper sketch is a port broadside view of the ‘Stornoway’ (built by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen, launched in 1850 for Jardine, Matheson & Co.) with other vessels in the distance to the left and right. ‘The Stornoway’ is inscribed in ink below the vessel on the right. This sketch appears to be based on the illustration opposite p. 198 in Clark’s book.
The lower sketch shows the ‘Comet’ (built by William H. Webb, launched in 1851) in a storm. ‘Comet’ is inscribed in ink below the vessel. This sketch appears to be based on the illustration opposite p. 224 in Clark’s book. The illustration depicts an incident during the voyage of the ‘Comet’ from Boston to San Francisco in 1852-3. According to Clark, while off Bermuda, the ship encountered a heavy southwest gale and was laying to under close-reefed fore- and maintopsails and fortopmast stay sail, when the wind suddenly shifted into the south-east and blew with terrific force, carrying away the foretopmast stays, sending the foretopmast over the side, and making junk of the two topsails. Clark’s image appears to be based on an earlier lithograph of the incident published by Nathaniel Currier after Charles Parsons in 1855 (see PAH8536).
Bound with PAH4123-PAH4163, PAH4165-PAH4216.
The upper sketch is a port broadside view of the ‘Stornoway’ (built by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen, launched in 1850 for Jardine, Matheson & Co.) with other vessels in the distance to the left and right. ‘The Stornoway’ is inscribed in ink below the vessel on the right. This sketch appears to be based on the illustration opposite p. 198 in Clark’s book.
The lower sketch shows the ‘Comet’ (built by William H. Webb, launched in 1851) in a storm. ‘Comet’ is inscribed in ink below the vessel. This sketch appears to be based on the illustration opposite p. 224 in Clark’s book. The illustration depicts an incident during the voyage of the ‘Comet’ from Boston to San Francisco in 1852-3. According to Clark, while off Bermuda, the ship encountered a heavy southwest gale and was laying to under close-reefed fore- and maintopsails and fortopmast stay sail, when the wind suddenly shifted into the south-east and blew with terrific force, carrying away the foretopmast stays, sending the foretopmast over the side, and making junk of the two topsails. Clark’s image appears to be based on an earlier lithograph of the incident published by Nathaniel Currier after Charles Parsons in 1855 (see PAH8536).
Bound with PAH4123-PAH4163, PAH4165-PAH4216.