Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail
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12: (top) Tea Plant, unknown artist, author’s collection, (bottom) Sovereign of the Seas, David Thimgan, courtesy of Vallejo Gallery, www.vallejogallery.com
13: Map of East Indies, Thomas Cary, courtesy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
14: Two Views of the Ambassador, Carlos Avalos, courtesy of artist
15: Lines plans of Atlantic Packet Ship, the US clipper Witch of the Wave and the Titania, David R MacGregor, courtesy of author’s collection
16: The Clyde, unknown artist, courtesy of author’s collection
17: (top) Ariel, Kay Jefferson, courtesy of artist, (bottom) Fate of the Ariel, George Campbell, courtesy of Adlard Coles Nautical
18-19: Taeping, D M Little, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
20: Ship Thomas Reed towing into San Francisco, David Thimgan, courtesy of Vallejo Gallery
21: Flying Cloud, Frederick Cozzens, author’s collection
CHAPTER TWO
22: Flying Cloud, Richard Loud, courtesy of artist
24: Robert Waterman, unknown artist, courtesy of Solano County Library
25: (top) The Sea Witch, Richard Linton, courtesy of artist, (bottom) New York City Seen from Brooklyn, 1824, Baron Axel Leonhard Klinkowström, courtesy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
26-27: Flying Fish and Wild Pigeon, Richard Loud, courtesy of artist
28: (top) The Launch of the Challenge, George F Campbell, courtesy of Adlard Coles Nautical, (bottom) The Harbour of Boston with the City in the Distance, Fitz Henry Lane, courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art
29: (top) Flying Cloud, Currier and Ives, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) Boston Harbour, Fitz Henry Lane, courtesy of Kennedy Galleries Inc
30: (top) The Sail Plan of the Challenge, David R MacGregor, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust, (bottom) Challenge, Antonio Jacobsen, courtesy of Bonhams
31: (top) Ship Passing Minot’s light, Clement Drew, courtesy of Pierce Galleries, www.piercegalleries.com, (bottom) The Golden State Entering New York Harbour, Fitz Henry Lane, courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art
32: Semiramis Sailing Card, courtesy of Library of Congress
33: Challenge, LeBreton, author’s private collection
34: (top) Olivebank, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) Decks Awash, Richard Quiller Lane, author’s collection
35: (top) Loch Etive, (bottom) Garthsnaid, both photographs courtesy of State Library of Victoria
36-37: Flying Cloud, James Buttersworth, private collection
38: Flying Cloud Approaching the Golden Gate, James Buttersworth, author’s collection
39: (top) Ship at Sea, Marshall Johnson, courtesy of Pierce Galleries, (bottom) Challenge Arriving Off the Golden Gate, Shane Couch, courtesy of artist
40: Young America, photograph courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection
42-43: San Francisco View, unknown artist, courtesy of Library of Congress
44: San Francisco, Deserted Ships of the Gold Rush, 1849, John Stobart, courtesy of Kensington-Stobart Gallery, www.kensingtonstobartgallery.com
45: (top) Yerba Buena Cove 1849, courtesy of Library of Congress, (bottom) San Francisco Bay, 1850, author’s collection
46: Challenge off the English Coastline, Samuel Walters, courtesy of Bonhams
47: Abandoned Ships, San Francisco, author’s collection
CHAPTER THREE
48: Marco Polo, Montague Dawson, author’s collection
50: (top) Melbourne 1854, unknown artist, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) James Forbes, Kay Jefferson, courtesy of artist
51: (top) Lightning under sail, D M Little, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) Governor Ames Launch, courtesy of Maine Memory Network
52-53: Marco Polo, Thomas Robertson, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
54: Liverpool, Robert Salmon, courtesy of author’s private collection
55: Ballarat Gold Fields, Samuel Thomas Gill, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
56: (top) Emigrants Embarking, (bottom) Rough Seas, The Graphic, both courtesy of Marguerite Blanck Collection
58-59: Marco Polo, D M Little, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
60: Ship off Penobscot Lighthouse, Clement Drew, courtesy of Pierce Galleries
61: (top) Hobsons Bay, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) The HMS Challenger Off the Kerguelen Islands, Illustrated London News, author’s private collection
62-63: Red Jacket in Ice, Currier and Ives, courtesy of Library of Congress
64-65: The Kent, Lightning and Shalimar at Hobsons Bay, Captain Thomas Robertson, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
67: (top) On Company Business, Jim Griffiths, courtesy of artist, (bottom) Schomberg, G H Andrews, courtesy of National Maritime Museum
68: (top) Final Goodbye, (bottom left) Life Aboard, The Graphic, courtesy of Marguerite Blanck Collection, (bottom right) Schomberg Satire, unknown artist, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
69: Ship in Ice, Illustrated London News, author’s collection
70: (top) Cape Otway, Robert Bruce, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) The Schomberg Fitting Out in Aberdeen Prior to her Maiden Voyage, courtesy of State Library of South Australia
72: The Wreck of the Cromdale, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
73: Ship at Sea, Alfred Jensen, Agra-Art, Warsaw
74-75: After the Storm, William Bradford, courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art
76: Lightning, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
77: (bottom) Lightning on Fire off Geelong, courtesy of the State Library of Victoria
78: Star of Peace, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
78: (top) Portland Showing the Ship Frances Henty, Thomas Robertson, courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, (bottom) Lightning arriving in Hobsons Bay, Richard Linton, courtesy of artist
CHAPTER FOUR
80: Ship off Cape Horn, unknown artist, courtesy of Library of Congress
82: Men in Rigging, Garthsnaid, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
83: Invercauld in Heavy Seas, courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection
84: (top) The Ships Southern Cross and Winged Arrow in Boston Harbour, Fitz Henry Lane, courtesy of Cincinnati Art Museum, (bottom) Red Cloud, courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection
85: Cape Horn, author’s collection
86-87: The Neptune’s Car in Chinese Waters, Kay Jefferson, courtesy of artist
88: (top) Delaware, Thomas Birch, courtesy of White House Historical Association, (bottom) Mary Patten, Kay Jefferson courtesy of artist
90: Port Stanley, courtesy of Falkland Islands Tourist Board
91: Cape Horn, courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
92: Valparaiso, artist unknown, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
93: (top) Starlight in Harbour, Fitz Henry Lane, courtesy of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, (bottom) San Francisco Docks, courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection
94-95: (top) Abner Coburn, courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection, (bottom) San Francisco View, courtesy of Library of Congress
96: San Francisco Quayside, courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection
98: (top) San Francisco, unknown artist, (bottom) Aerial View of San Francisco, Currier and Ives, courtesy of Library of Congress
99: Flying Fish, David Thimgan, courtesy of Vallejo Gallery
100-101: Boston Harbour, unknown artist, courtesy of Library of Congress
CHAPTER FIVE
102: Dreadnought, G M Gardner, courtesy of Jack Fine Art, www.jackfineart.com
104: (top) Samuel Samuels, courtesy of Library of Congress, (bottom) New York off Ailsa Craig, William Clark, courtesy of Yale Center of British Art
105: AJ Fuller off San Francisco, David Thimgan, courtesy of Vallejo Gallery
106-107: AJ Fuller, courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection
108: Dropping Off a Pilot, unknown artist, courtesy of Library of Congress
109 and 110: Pass
enger Muster, The Graphic, courtesy of Marguerite Blanck collection
111: Whaler and Fishing Vessels, William Bradford, courtesy of Indianapolis Museum of Art
112: Abner Coburn, 113: Panay, courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection
114-115: Thomas Reed, David Thimgan, courtesy of Vallejo Gallery
116: (top) Going Aloft, Henry Scott Tuke, courtesy of Trehayes Collection
117: Jabez Howes, courtesy of Library of Congress
118-119: New York, Currier and Ives, courtesy of Library of Congress
120: Bows of the Dreadnought, author’s private collection
121: Ships at Sea 1867, Daniel Melbye, author’s private collection
122: (top) Painting the Rudder, Henry Scott Tuke, courtesy of Trehayes Collection, (bottom) Rescue, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
123: (top) Fleetwing, Henrietta and Vesta, Currier and Ives, author’s collection, (bottom) Smashed Wheel, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
124: Clipper Ship in a Hurricane, James Buttersworth, courtesy of Bonhams
125: Deckhouse, Winslow Homer, courtesy of Princeton University Art Museum
CHAPTER SIX
126: Ariel and Taeping, Geoff Hunt, courtesy of Art Marine, www.artmarine.co.uk
128: (top) Pagoda Anchorage 1866, courtesy of State Library of South Australia, (bottom) Pagoda Anchorage, James Butt, courtesy of National Maritime Museum
129: Cultivating the Tea Plant, William Daniell, Yale Center for British Art
130: (top) Serica, D M Little, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) Madras, or Fort St George in the Bay of Bengal – A Squall Passing Off, William Daniell, courtesy of Yale Center of British Art
131: (top) The Min River, courtesy of Creative Commons, (bottom) China River, unknown artist, author’s collection
132: The Fiery Cross, George Campbell, courtesy of Adlard Coles Nautical
133: Ariel, John Fraser, courtesy of National Maritime Museum
134-135: Ariel and Taeping, D M Little, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
136: (top left) Captain John Keay, Kay Jefferson, courtesy of artist, (top right) Captain Donald MacKinnon, courtesy of An Iodhlann Museum, Tiree, (bottom) Ariel, Illustrated London News, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
137: Tea Advert, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
138: Ship in Gale, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
139: Salamis, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
140: (top) The Full Rigged Ship Thomas Blythe Signalling her Number off Whampoa, Chinese School, courtesy of Christie’s, (bottom) Out on Stunsail Boom, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
141: (top) Chinese War Junk, unknown artist, courtesy of National Maritime Museum, (bottom) A Frigate in a Storm, James Buttersworth, courtesy of Pierce Galleries
142: (top) Men Aloft, Richard Quiller Lane, author’s collection, (bottom) A Frigate in a Storm, James Buttersworth, courtesy of Pierce Galleries
144-145: Racing up the Atlantic, unknown artist, author’s collection
146: (top) Fleeting Colours, the Taitsing, Jim Griffiths, courtesy of artist, (bottom) Pilot Cutter No. 3 Heading Back Inshore, with a Large Merchantman Hove-to Out in the Bay, Henry King Taylor, courtesy of Bonhams
147: Seascape, Alfred Meeres, author’s collection
148-149: Taitsing, Chinese School, author’s collection
150: Unloading Tea, Illustrated London News, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust
151: (top) Journey’s End, Henry Scott Tuke, courtesy of Bonhams, (bottom) Ship and Tug Negotiating a Price, David Thimgan, courtesy of Vallejo Gallery
152-153: The Needles, Edward Cooke, courtesy of Yale Center of British Art
154: A Packet Ship Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland, Thomas Luny, courtesy of Yale Center of British Art
155: (top) Mist in Port, London, Charles de Lacy, courtesy of Bonhams, (bottom) Lahloo, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust
156: Tea Race Notice, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust
CHAPTER SEVEN
158: unknown clipper, Montague Dawson, courtesy of Sotheby’s
160: Ship Sailing Down Channel, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust
161: Coastal Scene, James Hamilton, courtesy of Bonhams
162: (top) Sir Lancelot Dismasted, George Campbell, courtesy of Adlard Coles Nautical, (bottom) Loch Vennachar Dismasted, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
163: Sir Lancelot, D M Little, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
164-165: Carrick Roads, Henry Scott Tuke, courtesy of Bonhams
166: (top) Captain Richard Robinson, Kay Jefferson, courtesy of artist, (bottom) Maitland Sail Plan, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust
167: Map of the China Sea, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust
168: Sailing Ship Under Way, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
169: Sir Lancelot Bow, George Campbell, courtesy of Adlard Coles Nautical
170: (top) Sir Lancelot and Blackadder, David Thimgan, courtesy of Butler Fine Art
170-171: (bottom) The Pagoda Anchorage, courtesy of State Library of South Australia
172: Thermopylae, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
173: (top) Salamis, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) The Thermopylae and the Cutty Sark, Jan de Quelery, courtesy of artist
174: (top) View on the Pearl River, Macau, Eduard Hildebrandt, courtesy of Bonhams, (bottom) Hong Kong, The Graphic, courtesy of Marguerite Blanck Collection
175: (top) Thermopylae: Power and Grace, Jim Griffiths, courtesy of the artist, (bottom) Sir Lancelot in the China Sea, Thomas Dutton, author’s collection
176: Thermopylae, D M Little, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
178: (top) Spindrift, Illustrated London News, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) A Change in the Weather, Jim Griffiths, courtesy of artist
179: L’Avenir, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
180: Thermopylae, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust
181: The Port of London, Thomas Luny, courtesy of Yale Center for British Art
182: (top) Suez Canal, author’s collection, (bottom) Ly-ee-Moon, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
183: Aldinga, Thomas Robertson, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
CHAPTER EIGHT
184: Cutty Sark in the Roaring Forties, courtesy of Cutty Sark Trust
186: (top) Cutty Sark and Thermopylae Loading Tea, Donald Sinclair Swan, courtesy of Cutty Sark Trust, (bottom) Sleeping Sailor, Henry Scott Tuke, courtesy of Bonhams
187: Illawarra, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
188: (top) Lahloo, Jim Griffiths, courtesy of artist, (bottom) The Old Sea Dog, Henry Scott Tuke, courtesy of Bonhams
189: Cutty Sark, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
190: Cutty Sark, John Fraser, courtesy of National Maritime Museum
191: (top) Loch Etive, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
194-195: Cutty Sark and Thermopylae racing, unknown artist, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
196: (top) Blackadder, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria, (bottom) The Cutty Sark’s Jury Rudder, courtesy of ss Great Britain Trust
197: Halloween, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
198: (top) Ships in Melbourne, Allan Green, (bottom) Thessalus, Pelham Jones, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
199: Salamis and Loch Maree, Allan Green, courtesy of State
Library of Victoria
200-201: Port Jackson, Conrad Martens, courtesy of Art Gallery of New South Wales
202: Cutty Sark at Circular Quay, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
204: A barque in an Estuary, Henry Scott Tuke, courtesy of Bonhams
205: (top) Cutty Sark, (bottom) Cutty Sark Loading at Circular Quay, Allan Green, both courtesy of State Library of Victoria
206: Brilliant a
nd Thermopylae, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
207: (top) Cutty Sark Hove to Awaiting a Pilot, courtesy of Cutty Sark Trust, (bottom) The Port Jackson, David Thimgan, courtesy of Vallejo Gallery
208: Argonaut, Jack Spurling, courtesy of Bonhams
209: (top) Sardomene, Pelham Jones, (bottom) Fort Macquarie, Robert Russell, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
210-211: Cutty Sark Drying Sails, Allan Green, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
EPILOGUE
212: Titania, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
214-215: Ships in San Francisco, courtesy of Donald Dyal Collection
215: (bottom) Barque Leaving Hamburg, unknown artist, author’s collection
216: Glory of the Seas, Jan de Quelery, courtesy of artist
217: The Aristides, 218: Loading Wool, 219: The Miltiades, all courtesy of State Library of Victoria
220: The Mountstewart, courtesy of State Library of Victoria
APPENDIX
223: Clipper Ship Maitland, Jan De Quelery, courtesy of the artist
224-225: Chart of 1866 China Race, courtesy of United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
Acknowledgements
Given that a large portion of this book is filled with many beautiful images, I am indebted to a range of people for their patience and kindness in helping me source so many. First up, I’d like to thank Mary MacLean and the wonderfully picturesque museum of Ad Iodhlann on the Scottish Island of Tiree for her kindness and diligence in helping me source pictures and information on Donald MacKinnon and his ship, Taeping. Her efforts went well beyond anything I could have expected. Secondly, I need to thank artists Jim Griffiths, Jan de Quelery, Richard Linton, Richard Loud and Shane Couch for patiently sending through many images and also June Carey, widow of David Thimgan, for her co-operation in allowing me access to his many beautiful paintings. I also need to thank the Vallejo Gallery in San Francisco for supplying me with the images. Marguerite Blanck was also exceedingly helpful in supplying me with many etchings from the Graphic journal. I also owe the Cutty Sark Trust a debt of gratitude and the same goes for the SS Great Britain Trust for their kindness in letting me access their David R MacGregor collection. I also include a number of images by the late George Campbell. I have made every effort to contact his family to gain their consent, but have failed, so apologies to any members of his family. Lastly, I would like to thank my mother, Kay Jefferson, who kindly painted a number of pictures which appear in the book and also my girlfriend Ivory who spent many long evenings patiently listening to me reading back endless drafts.