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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  187
• Lot Description:
  Artist Unknown - Adelaide Photo Company, Sydney
  (Australia, Active Circa 1895-1910)
  The Brilliant
  oil on canvas
  48.5 x 74cm
  inscribed lower left
• Provenance:
  Christie's London, Sale 5593, Maritime Pictures, 25 May 2005 Lot 605 (Catalogue Available)
• Notes:
  The Full-Rigged Iron Ship Brilliant Was Built By J. Duthie Sons & Co. At Aberdeen In 1877. Registered At 1,666 Tons Gross (1,613 Net), She Measured 255 Feet In Length With A 40 Foot Beam And Was Classed 100A1 By Lloyd's Surveyors. Intended For The Australian Wool Trade, She Was Widely Regarded As Duthie's Finest Ship And Enjoyed A Long-Standing Though Friendly Rivalry With Another Of The Celebrated Wool Clippers Pericles Which, Coincidentally, Had Been Launched On The Very Same Day, Albeit From A Different Aberdeen Yard. In 1879 They Were The Only Two Ships To Make Sydney In Under 80 Days From The Channel. Whilst Pericles Frequently Made Slightly Better Time On The Outward Passage However, Nothing Could Catch Brilliant On The Homeward Journey And Her Three Consecutive Daily Runs Of 340, 345, And 338 Miles In The Ôroaring Forties' Were Never Bettered By An Iron Sailing Ship. Her Original Owners Kept Her For Almost Thirty Years Before Selling Her To An Italian Owner In 1905 Who Finally Sold Her For Breaking At Genoa Just Before The Great War.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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