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Oil painting, signed and dated 1939. 'Herzogin Cecilie' was a four-masted barque, built in 1902 by Rickmers Schiffbau AG in Bremerhaven. She was one of the fastest sailing ships of her time and one of the most elegant. After the First World War she passed into the hands of Gustav Erickson of Mariehamn, in the Aland Islands of Finland, who was the last commercial operator of a fleet of 'tall ships' running grain from Australia in the famous so-called 'grain races'. In this the 'Herzogin' ('Duchess' in German) was also celebrated but on her return leg in 1936, while heading for Ipswich to unload after calling at Falmouth for orders, she ran aground on the Ham Stone in dense fog on 25 April and drifted onto rocks off Bolt Head. Her cargo was partly unloaded and she was subsequently beached at Starehole Cove near Salcombe where she remained until capsizing in January in 1939.
Title
The Barque 'Herzogin Cecilie'
Date
1939
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 30.5 x W 61 cm
Accession number
BHC3402
Work type
Painting
