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Sold Date: 05/08/2011
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Source: eBay
Category: Transportation and Vehicles

Orig. 1830s Oil Painting US Exploring Expedition Ship

U.S.S. Vincennes - Original frame - NO RESERVE

Measurements Image 10 3/4" x 12 1/2" Frame 14" x 15 1/2" From a Lancaster, Pennsylvania estate Said to be of the famous Exploring Expedition flagship, the U.S.S. Vincennes:

Flagship of the U.S. Exploring Expedition. The sloop of war U.S.S. Vincennes was built in 1826 and in 1830 became the first U.S. ship to circumnavigate the globe. In 1853-1856, the Vincennes, under the command of Cadwallader Ringgold, participated in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, along with the U.S. Brig Porpoise. The Vincennes and the Porpoise were the only two of the original vessels to complete the voyage of the U.S. Exploring Expedition.

Year of Launch:

1826

Type of Vessel:

sloop of war

Displacement:

700 t

Length:

127'

Beam:

34.75'

Depth in Hold:

16.5'

Guns:

Speed (knots):

10.5

Crew:

190

Original Purpose:

sloop of war

Information compiled from Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, edited by Herman J. Viola and Carolnn Margolis (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1985), Appendix I "Charcteristics of Selected Exploring Vessles" compiled by Philip K. Lundeberg; Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discover, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, New York, 2003), and The great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 by William Stanton (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1975); The Wilkes Expedition: The First United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) by David B. Tyler (The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1968).

Wonderful movement and action, shows four crew members in the front of the ship and two climbing the rigging Would benefit from a good cleaning, in untouched condition Remnants of an old label appears on the reverse Extremely difficult to photograph and appears much better in person A beautiful painting of a historical vessel, should attract considerable interest

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