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| Keywords: Édouard Adam - The full-rigger King Ceolric running under full sail (1881).jpg Édouard Adam 1847-1929 On her sixth voyage she left Havre bound for Cardiff on 12th July 1881 it is probable that the portrait offered here was painted prior to her departure date 1881 oil canvas cm 60 5 89 accession number object history credit line exhibition history Ed Adam Havre 1881 ~ lower right signature / date The wooden full-rigged ship žKing Ceolric was built to his own account by J K Dunlop at St John New Brunswick Canada in 1875 Registered at 1 612 tons gross 1 564 net she measured 222 feet in length with a 40 foot beam and thus had impressive capacity for cargo After a modest maiden voyage her second took her to the eastern ports of South America after which she stayed in European waters for several years Subsequently sold to Swedish owners who renamed her žPrince Albert she thereafter traded out of the Norwegian port of Christiania in a successful career lasting until the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century <br/>The ship named after an ancient King of Wessex who died in 597A D http //www bonhams com/auctions/16837/lot/66/ Bonhams London 2009 09 15 lot 66 PD-old-auto-1923 1926 DEFAULTSORT Adam Edouard; King Ceolric 1881 Édouard Adam 19th-century sailing ships in paintings King Ceolric ship 1875 Paintings not categorised by year Images from Bonhams | ||||
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