Packet Ship St. Patrick
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 39 1/8 × 27 1/4in. (99.4 × 69.2cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Olcott D. Smith (Lucy Bulkeley Brainerd Smith)
Object number1960.106.0
DescriptionPainting of a three-masted ship, St. Patrick, flying an American flag off the stern, and a house flag bearing the St. George's cross atop the main mast. There are two smaller ships in the background to the left. A tugboat is in the right in the distance. In the far background there is an island.
NotesSubject note: The ship St. Patrick has been identified in correspondence in the object file as being the packet ship belonging to the Red Cross Line, built at Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1844 and registering 900 tons. She was wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey, on December 19, 1854, after crossing the Atlantic from Liverpool, from which she sailed on November 15, headed to New York. Her 400 passengers were rescued. There was a second packet ship, also called St. Patrick, built at Warren, Maine, in 1852 and going missing in 1860. However, the St. George's cross flag depicted in this painting identifies the ship as the earlier St. Patrick.Status
Not on view
Kenneth J. Winschel
c. 1952-1953
E.C. Kellogg & Co.
1852-1853
