Lot 185: Charles Sidney Raleigh (British/American,

Charles Sidney Raleigh (British/American, 1830-1925) The three masted schooner Joseph G. Dean headed out to sea signed and dated lower left: "C.S. Raleigh 1883" oil on canvas 28 x 40 in. (71.1 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance The Dean Family By marriage from 1883 to the Russell Family of New Bedford Whalers A private collection with Vallejo Gallery, Newport Beach, Ca. the current owner. This portrait of the three-masted coastal schooner Joseph G. Dean, under full sail off the Massachusetts Coast was probably commissioned by one of the three owners. The painting depicts men on deck, with Captain Zabina H. Chase onboard. Chase was a primary owner alongside of members of the Dean and Russell Families, all of New Bedford. The ship was built by David Clark at the Dean &Driggs Yard on Merrill's Wharf in 1882. Family members owned part of her interest with Captain Chase, and named her after the shipyard's founder, Joseph G. Dean, who started fitting out New Bedford whale ships in 1836. Measuring 155.65 feet in length, the white-hulled schooner made a striking visual presence cutting the waters of the coastal Atlantic.