Lot 422: Raffael Corsini (act. c.1828-1880)

The Beatrice of Dundee in Smyrna Bay
inscribed 'Beatrice of Dundee in Smyrna Bay Sept r. 17 t h. 1832' (lower centre)
pen and black ink and watercolour
17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55.8 cm.)

The 174-ton brig Beatrice was built at Whitby in 1800 and, by the early 1830s, was trading out of Dundee under Captain G. Pryde. Shortly afterwards, her name was altered to Beatrix and she was re-rigged as a snow.

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