Estate / Collection: Estate of Mary Helen & Robert K. McMenamin

19th Century
Kanhawa of Boston, for Hamburg, May 1827
Signed indistinctly ---Dickerson (lr), titled and inscribed with inscription of latitude and longitude and C.A. [Charles Augustus] Ranlett Commander (lc)
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper
14 x 18 3/4 inches

Provenance:
By descent in the family of Commander Charles Augustus Ranlett
Notes:
According the the Ranlett papers at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, "Charles Augustus Ranlett was born on August 9, 1804, in Augusta, Maine, the son of Charles (1773-1841) and Abigail Low (1763-1831) Ranlett. At age 16, he became a mariner and served on the Eight Sons (Brig), William (Brig), Falconer (Brig), and Florida (Ship). His first command was of the brig Kanhawa in 1827."

pigment in sails oxidized and with losses, paper toned, pigments faded, repaired tears.

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