File:The clipper Cutty Sark RMG BHC3277.tiff
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Summary
John Fraser: The clipper Cutty Sark
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John Fraser (1858-1927) |
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The clipper Cutty Sark  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: The clipper Cutty Sark Oil painting (unframed) A painting of the Cutty Sark, the most famous - and the last survivor - of the tea-clippers. These were vessels built to carry the annual tea crop back from India and China in the late 19th century. As the first ship home would be able to command a far higher price for her cargo, speed was essential. This explains their large area of sail and sleek lines. Launched in Dumbarton in 1869, the Cutty Sark was the finest of the tea-clippers, but she carried tea only for eight years. The opening of the Suez Canal, through which sailing ships could not pass, made the tea-clippers redundant. For a decade the Cutty Sark enjoyed new fame and success carrying wool from Australia, but from 1895 until 1922 she suffered neglect under a succession of owners. In 1922 she was bought and preserved by Captain Wilfred Dowman, who had seen her in her heyday. Since 1957 she has been moored in a specially-built dry dock in Greenwich. |
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| Date | Late 19th century - Early 20th century | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Painting: 757 mm x 1166 mm x 24 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC3277 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14750 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: OP1954-11 id number: BHC3277 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 20:44, 16 September 2017 |  | 6,957 × 4,533 (90.23 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14750 #800 |
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