Description

Summary: ship portrait; the 'Brothers' of Poole, 1844; cream mount; framed/glazed

Summary: watercolour ship portrait of 'Brothers of Poole, 1844' entering Naples; Captain was Charles Dibben, Master Mariner of Poole; painting unsigned; measuring 60 cm x 49 cm; mounted in gilt frame; slight surface damage

Content summary: ship sailing into port; masts of other ships beyond pier on left, Vesuvius in background; on port tack, sails close-hauled; name pennant on main mast, Slade family house flag on foremast, red ensign on gaff