File:The steamship 'Persia' in a breeze RMG BHC3547.tiff
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Summary
The steamship 'Persia' in a breeze
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| Author |
David Lyle |
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| Title |
The steamship 'Persia' in a breeze  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
| Genre |
marine art |
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| Description |
English: The steamship 'Persia' in a breeze A portrait of the ‘Persia’ shown in broadside view, with the large paddle and funnels prominently displayed. The name of the ship is visible on the port bow, she flies the flag of the United States. The ‘Persia’ was a Cunard Royal Mail Ship and the last of the great passenger paddle steamers. On deck a number of figures can be seen. A very successful and popular ship, she was built of iron and carried 250 cabin class passengers. Regular sailings were made between Liverpool and New York when the average time for a crossing was nine and a half days. The painting is signed and dated ‘David Lyle. Philadelphia 1856’. |
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| Date | 1856 | |||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 762 mm x 1041 mm; Frame: 967 mm x 1225 mm x 100 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC3547 |
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| Notes | Signed and dated 1856. | |||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15020 | |||||||||||
| 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: 1927-159 id number: BHC3547 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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| current | 17:46, 27 September 2017 |  | 7,200 × 5,403 (111.3 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings (1856), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15020 #1528 |
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