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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The ship ablaze in the foreground is undergoing a procedure knows as 'breaming'. It has first been careened onto its side, then with the help of burning fagots the sea growths (such as seaweed, barnacles and other items picked up by a ship) on the hull can be loosened and swept off. After this procedure new tar is applied to the ship to make it watertight. This was a large operation requiring many men in order to heel the ship onto its side. Cassinelli depicts the ropes which anchor the ship in position. | Subjects: | marine | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cassinelli, B. (French artist, active 1850-1860) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8951... | Go to resource |
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