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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  229
• Lot Description:
  E.M.Casey
  S.S. Pericles
  watercolour
  26.5 x 48.5cm
  signed lower right; inscribed lower left wrecked off cape leeuwin / west australia 31.3.1910
• Provenance:
  Dunbar Sloane Ltd, Nz, Auction No. 1119, 08/08/12 Lot 262
• Notes:
  Pericles Was Built At The Harland And Wolff Yard In Belfast, Being Launched On 21St December 1907. She Left London On Her Maiden Voyage To Australia On 8th July 1908. She Was The First Ship Of The Aberdeen Line To Be Built By Harland & Wolff. On Her Way Home From Sydney To London On 31St March 1910, Pericles Struck An Uncharted Rock Six Miles South Of Cape Leeuwin. Fortunately The Weather Was Calm And Over 300 Passengers And 150 Crew Were Able To Safely Abandon Ship.
• Estimate:
  A$700 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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