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| Keywords: Whaleship Niantic.JPG Canton Guangzhou Painted between 1832 and 1847 most likely in 1840 during a particularly profitable voyage The original hung in the captain's cabin until the Niantic was converted in 1849 to a hotel in San Francisco At that time it was transferred to the whaleship Mary Wilder and subsequently remained in the captain's family to the present time The remains of the Connecticut-built Niantic lie under the Mark Twain Plaza Complex next to the Transamerica Building in San Francisco and artifacts of the ship are in the San Francisco Maritime Museum Photograph taken by me my own work of a painting owned by my mother Cynthia Riggs Photo by Robert Harris-Stoertz Painting by unknown Chinese artist Chinese characters visible on original Photo taken 2007-08-31 Original painting done before 1849 Location Location of painting Inline coordinates 41 382778 -70 666077 dms Location Niantic artifacts in San Francisco Maritime Museum Inline coordinates 37 806393 -122 423948 dms Location Remains of Niantic Inline coordinates 37 795114 -122 402802 dms Ships built in Connecticut California Gold Rush History of San Francisco Merchant ships of the United States History of whaling Whaling in art 1840 PD-Art Whaling vessels San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park 19th-century sailing ships in paintings | ||||
