Attributed to William Bradford (Massachusetts/California, 1823-1892) Portrait of the California Clipper Ship Phantom. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, showing the three-masted vessel under nearly full sail, flying the American flag off the stern, and identified on the prow, with lighthouse, a yacht, and another clipper ship beyond, in choppy waters, and clouded sky above a pink and yellow horizon, 28 x 42 in., in a modern giltwood and gesso frame. Condition: Relined, retouch, Y-shaped tear at right center. Provenance: Descended through the family to the current owner from Daniel or William Bacon. Note: The Phantom was built by Samuel Lapham at Medford, Massachusetts, and launched on December 8, 1852. She was owned by Crocker & Warren of York, then by Crocker and Sturgis of Boston, and finally by N.G. and W.B. Bacon of Boston. She was a very fast sailer and many many trips to California and China. In her day the Phantom was an iconic clipper ship of the California Gold Rush days.
Attributed to William Bradford (Massachusetts/California, 1823-1892) Portrait of the California Clipper Ship Phantom. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, showing the three-masted vessel under nearly full sail, flying the American flag off the stern, and identified on the prow, with lighthouse, a yacht, and another clipper ship beyond, in choppy waters, and clouded sky above a pink and yellow horizon, 28 x 42 in., in a modern giltwood and gesso frame. Condition: Relined, retouch, Y-shaped tear at right center. Provenance: Descended through the family to the current owner from Daniel or William Bacon. Note: The Phantom was built by Samuel Lapham at Medford, Massachusetts, and launched on December 8, 1852. She was owned by Crocker & Warren of York, then by Crocker and Sturgis of Boston, and finally by N.G. and W.B. Bacon of Boston. She was a very fast sailer and many many trips to California and China. In her day the Phantom was an iconic clipper ship of the California Gold Rush days.
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