Brig MALAY (built 1818)

watercolor and gouache

PAINTINGS - WATERCOLORS
marad; paintings
Mazzinghi, Peter
Italy, Tuscany, Livorno
15 5/16 x 21 3/8 x 0 in;38.89 x 54.31 x 0 cm

Unframed watercolor and gouache of brig MALAY (bu. 1818, Salem, MA) by Peter Mazzinghi, Italian. Broadside w/sails furled at anchor. Black hull, fake gunports. False gunports were used on ships in wartime, on slavers, and when piracy was a threat. Even later they were rarely painted out. Mtns. & lighthouse (right) in background. Grey strip along bottom length w/yellow and orange writing: "Brig Malay in Leghorn Roads John Nichols Jr Master October 16th 1833". Ref: "The Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum", Brewington & Brewington, Salem, Mass., 1968, p. 204, #920.

1933.9