$4,994
Chinese School, 19th Century Portrait of the British Barque Marlborough Hill . Unsigned, vessel identified on bow and pennant. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., in a gilt gesso frame. Condition: Relined, scattered retouch. Note: The Marlborough Hill was an iron four-masted barque built in 1885 by W. H. Potter and Sons, of Liverpool, for the Sailing Ship Marlborough Hill Co., Ltd., also of Liverpool. She had a gross tonnage of 2,531, and measured 300.5 feet in length.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-06-05