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Lot 803: Joseph Heard (1799-1859)

Est: £5,000 GBP - £8,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMay 13, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Joseph Heard (1799-1859)
The barque Humphrey Nelson flying her recognition flags as she passes a three-masted merchantman off a mid-ocean island
signed and dated 'Jo Heard 1857' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 33 in. (63.5 x 83.8 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Robert C. Eldred, 30 July 1999, lot 389.

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
The wooden barque Humphrey Nelson was built at Dundee in 1855 for Nelson & Co. of Maryport. Registered at 476 tons and measuring 134 feet in length with a 25 foot beam, she began her career sailing out of Liverpool under the command of her owner Captain P. Nelson. Within ten years however, she was trading out of London to China under Captain Chellew but disappears from record in the early 1870s.

Auction Details

Maritime Art

by
Christie's
May 13, 2009, 02:00 PM WET

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK