Courtesy of Nova Scotia Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-ND
Courtesy of Nova Scotia Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

Five sealing ships in St. John's, Newfoundland

Date

c. 1900

Artist

Probably by Florence Rogers

Collection

Nova Scotia Museum

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Description

Watercolour painting on paper of five sealing ships in St. John's, Newfoundland, The Narrows are at left; all steam/sail vessels display the red ensign and house flag; all vessels are weither Barque or barquentine rigged; Neptune and Nimrod have decks filled with crew and dories; painted by F. Rogers, c.1900. The vessels Nimrod, Hector & Neptune were all owned by Bob bros. (The Avalon Steamship co.). Kite and Avalon were owned by Bowring bros.

Inscription

Signed lower left corner: " F. Rogers." Names of vessels (Kite, Neptune, Hector, Nimrod, Aurora) printed on mat beneath watercolour.

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-ND

Image Credit

Courtesy of Nova Scotia Museum

From the Watercolour World

Location

The Narrows, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Country

Canada