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Oil Painting Steamer Ship SS Miranda Polar Artic Expedition Dr Frederick Albert Cook (1 of 62)
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Oil Painting Steamer Ship SS Miranda Polar Artic Expedition Dr Frederick Albert Cook

REF: LA512134
£9,000
€10,513
$11,321
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Description
Large historic voyage marine Victorian oil painting on canvas of Steamer of Polar Arctic Expedition Dr Frederick Albert Cook 1894 on Ss Miranda The Last Voyage Follower of Antonio Jacobsen. Impress your clients & guests, make an art statement with this historical maritime adventure sailing masterpiece to display on your office wall space or home interior. Subject marine seascape view of the known historical sailing steam ship Ss Miranda on her final voyage embarking on her polar artic expedition which she would never arrive, leading the expedition was Dr Frederick Albert Cook when he was only 29 this was his on his first attempt to reach the North Pole which he would fail. The ship is in side profile facing towards the right, having 2 masts & steaming along in rough choppy high seas, some passengers & crew figures are out on the main deck. With black smoke coming out of her single funnel, life boats are placed just next to the funnel on either side. The Union Jack flag is flying proudly in the windy conditions on the stern, the wind is intense and some of the sails have been put away. The name of the ship is shown on the bow & also on the near top red flag in reverse. on both flanks are views of other sailing ships, below you are drawn to the seagulls flying low & ship wreckage of a mast half sunken in the water with seagulls flying nearby low, above further seagulls flying high with a mix of grey storm clouds with areas of lighter blue sky shining through. Set in the original decorative traditional gilt frame, with hanging thread on the back ready for immediate wall display. Follower in the style of Antonio Jacobsen. Initial signed on the upper red flag closest the bow reading in reverse Cr. Origin from the USA. Title “S.S. Miranda, Steamer Of Arctic Expedition Chartered By The Controversial Polar American Explorer Dr Frederick Albert Cook in 1894 The Last Voyage” - In our opinion this is a significant maritime work. Brief biography of Antonio Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark where he attended the Royal Academy of Design before heading across the Atlantic Ocean. He arrived in the United States in August 1873. He settled in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now Union City, New Jersey), across the Hudson River from Manhattan and New York Harbor, its port filled with ships from America and around the world. Jacobsen got his start painting pictures of ships on safes, and as his reputation grew, he was asked to do portraits of ships by their owners, captains and crew members. His works fetch up to $224,500 Us dollars. Ship biography The Ss Miranda was a passenger cargo steamer ship, launched on the 24th May in 1884. She was finished on the 22nd July in 1884. She was built by Messrs J Wigham Richardson & Co. in 1884 for C.T. Bowring. Built in the Neptune Yard, Low Walker Yard number 174. Size of ship was as follows Dimensions: 1158grt, 734nrt, 1100dwt, 220.0 x 31.2 x 16.0ft Engines: C2cyl (30 & 56 x 36ins), 180nhp Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.8knots (trials) Construction: Iron Reg Number: 87995 History: 22/07/1884 New York, Newfoundland & Halifax Ss Co Ltd (Ct Bowring, managers), Liverpool 09/08/1894 Sank: She had accommodation for 60 x 1st Class passengers her contract price was for £20,250 Pounds Sterling, her loss value was £1935-10s-9d New York, Newfoundland & Halifax Ss Co Ltd. The Red Cross Line 1885: She made the round trip in a record time of 10 days 8 hours 1885: During the summer months was used to take Americans on cruises to the Artic 1885: Chartered to transport 60,000 rifles for the Turkish Army from the USA 20/06/1886: Stranded by Point Judith Light, Rhode Island 07/07/1894: Sailed from New York on an Artic cruise, during which time she suffered some damage when touching an iceberg Later in the month when leaving Sukkertoppen, to cruise up the west coast of Greenland, she hit a reef and had to be abandoned Passengers were transferred and the ship was patched up and taken in tow for New York 09/08/1894: Foundered under tow. Miranda was chartered by the known controversial American explorer 'Dr' Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) for a Polar 'Expedition'. The Ss Miranda slipped her moorings in New York on 7th July 1894 with a mixed party comprising sportsmen, adventurers and academics. After a short stay in Nova Scotia some of the passengers began to become edgy about the ship for being seaworthy, some of the crew told the passengers that iron ships were no reliable in extreme icy waters as the ship’s seams would leak if the ship struck ice. In what seemed to be a self-fulfilling prophecy, the Ss Miranda hit an iceberg on 17th July off the coast of Newfoundland, in Canada, the damage caused parts of the iron bow plates to buckle and leak. Now requiring emergency repairs, the closest settlement was a fishing village of Cape St. Charles which is only a small headland on the coast of Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. At longitude 55°37'15" W, it is the easternmost point of continental North America. As it was to small on 29th July the SS Miranda set off again, now having less passengers on board. Though while en-route on the 5th August she hit a reef and immediately had water ingress quite badly to start with, though the pumps seemed to being doing their job & keeping the water levels down. The Ss Miranda fortune soon run out as another ship called the Rigel, towed the Ss Miranda for the return trip to St John's, Newfoundland. Final disaster struck on 9th August 1894, her ballast tank gave way & just two hours later approximate, and after the remaining passengers had been transferred to the Rigel, the tow ropes were cut and she was abandoned to founder, last being seen at 61° latitude, between Greenland and Labrador. Before disaster struck the Ss Miranda on the Davis Straits, the twenty-nine-year-old Cook navigated an open boat across 90 miles of polar sea to obtain rescue. The Arctic Club of America was born out of this voyage, and Cook became its first president. He would later preside over the prestigious Explorers Club as well. Dr' Cook continued his extraordinary career, culminating in a fraud trial in 1923 for which he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. President Roosevelt pardoned him in 1940, ten years after his release and just before he died. Frederick Albert Cook (June 10, 1865 - August 5, 1940) was an American explorer, physician and ethnographer, who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908. A competing claim was made a year later by Robert Peary, though both men's accounts have since been fiercely disputed;[1] in December 1909, after reviewing Cook's limited records, a commission of the University of Copenhagen ruled his claim unproven. Nonetheless, in 1911, Cook published a memoir of the expedition in which he maintained the veracity of his assertions. In addition, he also claimed to have been the first person to reach the summit of Denali (then known as Mount McKinley), the highest mountain in North America, a claim which has since been similarly discredited. Though he may not have achieved either Denali or the North Pole, his was the first and only expedition where a United States national discovered an Arctic island, Meighen Island. Provenance from an antique dealers collection in the region of historic county in middle England William Shakespeare birthplace. In collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd. See Tyne Built Ships, Ss Miranda model ship sold at Charles Miller Ltd, frederickcooksociety, The Durham Daily Globe, (North Carolina), 7 September, 1894. Library Of Congress A record of Arctic adventure Published New York, London,The Transatlantic Publishing Company, 1896 [1895] The A.H.U . Colquhoun Library Of Canadian History, Wikimedia Commons The Last Cruise of Miranda by Henry Collins Walsh. We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality and significance. We provide our clients with friendly professional expert customer service. Viewings are welcome by appointment only for customer support please send a message thank you. Browse our other exciting Fine Arts, antiques & collectibles available in our shop gallery.
measurements
Height:
69 cm
Width:
99 cm
Depth:
3.5 cm
declaration
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD has clarified that the Oil Painting Steamer Ship SS Miranda Polar Artic Expedition Dr Frederick Albert Cook (LA512134) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1894
condition
Offered in fine used condition. Painting surface is in acceptable condition, having various foxing staining and craquelure. Some paint loss in places, yellowing of the varnish, frame stretcher lines showing through. Canvas is original unlined. The frame which has various general wear, paint losses, scuffs and chips, cracking commensurate with usage and old age.
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This Oil Painting Steamer Ship SS Miranda Polar Artic Expedition Dr Frederick Albert Cook is located in Greater London, United Kingdom

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