Samuel Walters The Clipper Ship Challenge
3068
(n/a) Samuel Walters (British, 1811-1882), circa 1852
The Clipper Ship Challenge Arriving off the Coast of England Under Full Sail
oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm.)
Sold for US$ 48,800 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The American clipper ship Challenge was active between 1851-1876. She was Built by William H. Webb in New York and owned by N.L. and G. Griswold. The Challenge had principal dimensions 230.6ft LOA x 43.2ft beam x 26ft draft, and weighing 2,006.5 tons. The Challenge was wrecked off the French coast of the English Channel in 1876.

    Literature:
    The Marine Collection at India House, The Gosden Head, Ltd., 1935, pg. 7, entry #16.

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