'Emily Burnyeat'

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This type of painting was often done by 'Pier Head' artists or sometimes by members of the crew. The flags flying on the mizzen mast of this ship are the Commercial Code, which acted in much the same way as a modern car number plate: the code 'TSGC' identifies her as 'Emily Burnyeat', a vessel built by Gowan at Berwick in 1862. She was owned by Burnyeat & Co. of Whitehaven. There are however, are one or two discrepancies in the painting. This ship was rigged as a schooner, rather than a brigantine, and she had a figurehead, which is not shown in the painting.

The Beacon Museum

Whitehaven

Title

'Emily Burnyeat'

Date

1875

Medium

oil on tin

Measurements

H 33 x W 43 cm

Accession number

WHHMG:1994.1299

Acquisition method

acquired, before 1973

Work type

Painting

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