$385
American School, 20th Century "Sea Witch" Departing Whampoa, 1847. Signed "Green '92" l.r., titled l.c. Watercolor and gouache on paper, sight size 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in., in a period molded and carved gilded wood frame. Condition: Very good, not examined out of frame. Note: The Sea Witch was an American clipper ship for the China trading firm of Howland & Aspinwall of New York. She was launched in Manhattan on December 8, 1846. Her captain was Robert "Bully Bob" Waterman and in 1847, under his command, she set a record for traveling from Hong Kong to New York in 77 days, which is likely the image this portrait is depicting. The record was broken two years later when the trip was made in 74 days-a record he nor any other captain of a sail-powered vessel ever broke.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
