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Portraits of Nantucketers Painting.

China, America and the Pacific Available online

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Format:
Other
Contributor:
Nantucket Historical Association, owner.
Language:
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Alpha (Ship).
Onward (Ship).
Families.
Portraits.
Supercargos.
Voyages and travels.
Whaling.
Women.
China--Guangzhou.
China--Hong Kong.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (5 paintings).
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1804-1870.
Summary:
A selection of five portraits of Nantucketers, four of which are oils on canvas, and one is a miniature gouache on ivory. The subjects include Louisa Cobb Thompson, wife of Whaler William B Thompson; Joseph Winslow, Supercargo on the ship Rose; Hannah Macy Gardner, wife of Oliver Gardner; John Swain; and Joseph William Plaskett, first mate of the ship Rose.
Notes:
Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from 'From Brant Point to the Boca Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade' by Michael A Jehle, Nantucket Historical Association, 1994.
Title from publisher's website.

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