Ship Henry Astor Object, Painting.

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Nantucket Historical Association, owner.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Henry Astor (Ship).

Fur trade.

Merchants.

Sea otter.

Ships.

Voyages and travels.

Whale oil.

Whaling.

China--Guangzhou.

Massachusetts--Nantucket.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 painting).

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [approximately 1830]

Summary:

An oil on canvas by an unidentified Chinese artist. The Henry Astor was involved primarily in the sea otter trade between the Pacific Northwest and Canton. This unique painting, however, illustrates the Henry Astor rigged as a whale ship, which indicates she also carried whale oil to China.

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.