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Description: | Oil painting entitled 'The ships "Vigilant" and "Harpooner" offshore', 'Harpooner' being on the right. Both were South Sea whalers belonging to Green & Co., and were built on the Thames, probably also by them at Blackwall, although 'Lloyd's Register' is not explicit on that point. 'Harpooner', 398 tons, was built in 1830 and 'Vigilant', 403 tons, in 1831. This was just after George Green became involved in whaling, from 1829, though apparently on his own account rather than with his Wigram partners. South Sea whaling was pioneered from London by the Enderby family, who from 1834 were based in East Greenwich (Enderby House and Wharf now being part of the Alcatel site) almost opposite Green's Blackwall yard. The painting is signed and dated, lower right, 'W. Huggins 1832' and is a good example of the work of this well-known London marine painter and ship portraitist (1781-1845).
Acquisition: had been in museum since 1951.
caption: The ships 'Vigilant' and 'Harpooner' offshore | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Vigilant 1831 paintings Harpooner Harpooner 1831 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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