Whaling vessel ROSA BAKER by Reynolds Beal, 1906

oil painting

PAINTINGS - OIL
marad; paintings
Beal, Reynolds
USA, CT, Noank
1906
oil paint; canvas; wood
frame 33 x 43 in.; stretcher 26 x 36-1/8 in.

Painting by Reynolds Beal of Palmer Shipyard, Noank, CT, 1906; shows whaling vessel ROSA BAKER (built 1867, Scituate, MA) undergoing repairs; signed lower right "Reynolds Beal 1906"; painted on canvas "Noank Shipyard/ Whaler Rosa Baker on ways". ROSA BAKER was a 103 ton hermaphrodite brig, 82' x 23'7" x 8'11", she was lost on a whaling voyage, soon after this painting was done.

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