Royal Mail Steamers

Made:
1841-1845 in United Kingdom
artist:
Unattributed
Royal Mail Steamers Painting. Royal Mail Steamers, 1835-1845 Painting. Royal Mail Steamers, 1835-1845

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Painting. Royal Mail Steamers, 1835-1845
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Painting. Royal Mail Steamers, 1835-1845
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Painting. Royal Mail Steamers, 1841-1845. Oil on canvas; 76x110cm in gilt frame 129x154x8cm. Off Southampton Water, the fleet of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (founded 1839); in March 1841, contracted to convey mail between Britain, West India and Gulf of Mexico; fleet of 14 steamships built to Admiralty specifications embodying John Scott Russell's wave-line principle, also usable in event of war; shown, 'Clyde' and 'Teviot' built of wood 1841 by Robert Duncan & Co, Greenock. The Clyde was broken up in 1865, a year after the lapse of the Teviot, United Kingdom.

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1868-71
Materials:
oil paint on canvas, wood (unidentified), plaster and gilt
Measurements:
overall: 1310 mm x 1560 mm x 130 mm,
frame: 1290 mm x 1540 mm x 90 mm,
image: 760 mm x 1100 mm
type:
oil painting
credit:
On loan from John Scott Russell