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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  165
• Lot Description:
  Woolston & Barratt
  Lucipara In Full Sail
  oil on canvas
  60 x 90cm
  signed lower right and inscribed newcastle nsw
• Provenance:
  Bonhams London, Exploration, Travel And Topographical Pictures, 21/05/08, Lot 3; Christie's South Kensington, Maritime And Naval Battles 31 October 2002, Lot 495 (Catalogue Available); H & P De Casseres, 42 Duke Street, St James Square London, Label To Verso
• Notes:
  Association Of George Woolston, Photographer And Walter Barratt, Artist (Fl. 1880S-1920S). The Iron Four-Masted Barque Lucipara Was Built By Archibald Russell & Co. At Greenock In 1885. Owned By Peter Denniston's Island Line Of Glasgow, She Was Registered At 1,943 Tons Gross (1,863 Net) And Measured 267 Feet In Length With A 40 Foot Beam. Fast Although No Record-Breaker, She Nevertheless Turned In Some Good Passages Over The Years, Her Best Ever Being 82 Days From Drammen (Norway) To Melbourne In 1910, The Fastest Run In The Baltic Timber Trade That Year. After Twenty-Five Years In The Australian Trade She Was Sold To Russian Owners But Became A Wartime Casualty When She Was Sunk By A German Submarine Off Northern Ireland On 26Th May 1917. The Entire Crew Was Rescued.
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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