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Ship portrait of a full-rigged ship in port broadside view on a calm sea with all sail set, including skysails above the Royals. The ship appears to have an early nineteenth-century round bow form and a small but indistinct red figurehead and is painted as a 24-gun vessel though, as a merchantman, probably with 'painted ports' rather than really being so heavily armed. It flies a red ensign astern and is identified by an inscription in capitals on a plain strip at the bottom of the canvas: 'Ship Pascoa under sail, 1st August 1832, China Sea'. There appears to have been only one 'Pascoa', which was a Bombay 'country' ship (i.e. a British East India vessel operating solely in Eastern seas). When and where it was built is unknown but it was operating from Bombay in 1822–1824 and from 1827 to 1833 between Calcutta and China under a master called William Morgan: from 1831 it was under Indian owners called Cumsetjee and Jehangir Ardesir.
Although the tonnage figure seems low for a vessel of the apparent size, there was no other ship of the name and the date and location given put the identification beyond doubt. However, the image may be a standard and replicated pattern to which the name has been added, rather than a realistic individual portrait. The diagrammatic representation of the sails shows practically the full complement possible, not what a ship is likely to have set even in calm weather.
Title
The Ship 'Pascoa'
Date
19th C
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 50.2 x W 64.2 cm
Accession number
BHC3536
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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