MAG Collection - The Clipper Ship "Flying Cloud" off the Needles, Isle of Wight

ca. 1859-1860
12 1/16 x 18 1/16 in. (30.6 x 45.9 cm)

James E. Buttersworth
American (Isle of Wight, England, 1817 - 1894, West Hoboken, NJ)

Object Type: Painting

Medium and Support: Oil on panel

Credit Line: Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Fund

Accession Number: 1989.71

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Location: Not currently on view

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Artist's signature, lower right: James E. Buttersworth

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19th century

seascapes

1800-1900

paintings

waves

boats

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Rudolph J. Schaefer. J. E. Buttersworth: 19th-Century Marine Painter. Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport, 2009.
Article Title: 'Devilish Fast': The Baltimore Clipper. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Mark Collins Jenkins and David A. Taylor. The War of 1812 and the Rise of the U. S. Navy. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2012. Page Number: 62-63

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