MONTAGUE DAWSON
British, 1895–1973

A Rift in the Clouds - The "Joshua Bates"

Signed MONTAGUE DAWSON
Oil on canvas
28 x 42 inches (71.2 x 106.7 cm)
Framed: 34 x 48 inches (86.4 x 122 cm)

The packet ship "Joshua Bates" of Boston was built by Donald McKay for Train & Co., New York, launched in Newburyport in 1844, and weighed 620 tons. The "Joshua Bates" was the first packet of Enoch Train's White Diamond Line. The Train Line sailed between Boston and Liverpool which became one of the most important Atlantic emigrant routes from Europe to America.

Provenance
Frost & Reed, Ltd.,
Schwartz Galleries, New York
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, October 22, 2009, lot 124, illustrated
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Literature
L.G.G. Ramsey, Montague Dawson, R.S.M.A, F.R.S.A., Leigh-on-Sea, 1970, p. 45, no. 203

$68,000

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