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35 - WILLIAM HOWARD YORKE (BRITISH, 1847-1921)
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WILLIAM HOWARD YORKE (BRITISH, 1847-1921) The Danish barque 'Hertha' (Captain H.M. Petersen) with Pilot Cutter No.6 approaching Signed 'W.H. YORKE LIVERPOOL' (lower left) and inscribed with title Oil on canvas 19½ x 29½in. (49.5 x 75cm.) Built by J. Blumer & Co., Sutherland for Hertha A/S Holdings in 1892, the Hertha was a 172-foot three-masted steel barque of 666 tons. Over the following 15 years she was used for long distance journeys from Denmark to South America, Indonesia, and Australia, with Petersen recorded as Captain in 1900. Sold and renamed Leon-nid in 1907, she then sank off Cayenne in French Guiana on 10 May 1910. Old relining, stretcher mark showing, otherwise in good condition. Framed 26 x 36in.
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