Lot 717: CHARLES SIDNEY RALEIGH (ANGLO/ AMERICAN

CHARLES SIDNEY RALEIGH (ANGLO/ AMERICAN 1830-1925). THE AMERICAN BARK "WESTERN BELLE." Built in 1876 at Bath, Maine by Goss and Sawyer for Capt. William H. Besse of New Bedford, the "Western Belle" was put into service in the China trade before being sold to new owners in Portland, Oregon. She was lost off Montauk Point in 1914. Her figurehead, which was carved by C.A.L. Sampson, was owned by the Peabody family and displayed in their garden in Peach's Point, Marblehead. It now resides in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum. Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 inches. Signed "C.S. Raleigh" and dated 1887, l.l.