Lot 49: The brig Concord in two positions off the coast

Henry Collins (1782-1824)
The brig Concord in two positions off the coast
signed and dated 'H. Collins 1815' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22¾ x 35½ in. (57.8 x 90.2 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 May 2001, lot 338, where bought by the present owner.

Concord was a very popular ship's name in the early nineteenth century and numerous brigs of this name are listed in Lloyd's Register of 1815-16. Only one brig was actually built that year however and, on the assumption that most ship portraits were commissioned to mark a vessel's completion and/or maiden voyage, it seems probable that this work depicts the 215-ton brig Concord built at Scarborough in 1815. Owned by her master Captain J. Hicks, she began life trading to Hamburg out of London.