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The barque Famenoth
This ship portrait depicts a port broadside view of the three-masted iron sailing vessel ‘Famenoth’ with a distant steamer on the left and a smaller vessel in the foreground.
The ‘Famenoth’ was built by Dobie & Co., Govan, for UK-Australia/New Zealand emigrant and cargo service. It was launched on 26 April 1876. Tts first owner was John Cook, Aberdeen, and its master was William C. Auld. It was rerigged as a barque in 1882. The painting appears to show the ship after this change. The figurehead was a female figure holding a sheaf of corn, as can be seen in the painting.
The ‘Famenoth’ was sold to M. Englestad, Norway, in 1896 and renamed ‘Soldheim’. In 1916, it was sold to Schnitzer, Thomsen & Co., Aalborg. A further sale to S.C. Loveland & Co, Philadelphia, followed in 1921. It was broken up in 1923 at Vine Street Wharf, Camden, New Jersey.
The ‘Famenoth’ was built by Dobie & Co., Govan, for UK-Australia/New Zealand emigrant and cargo service. It was launched on 26 April 1876. Tts first owner was John Cook, Aberdeen, and its master was William C. Auld. It was rerigged as a barque in 1882. The painting appears to show the ship after this change. The figurehead was a female figure holding a sheaf of corn, as can be seen in the painting.
The ‘Famenoth’ was sold to M. Englestad, Norway, in 1896 and renamed ‘Soldheim’. In 1916, it was sold to Schnitzer, Thomsen & Co., Aalborg. A further sale to S.C. Loveland & Co, Philadelphia, followed in 1921. It was broken up in 1923 at Vine Street Wharf, Camden, New Jersey.
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Object details
| ID: | BHC3336 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Painting |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | British School, 19th century |
| Vessels: | Famenoth 1876 |
| Date made: | 19th century; circa 1882 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Macpherson Collection |
| Measurements: | Painting: 505 mm x 760 mm x 11 mm |