Clipper Ship DICTATOR in a Typhoon

Painting of clipper ship Dictator in a typhoon in the China Sea. Oil on canvas. Gilded, wooden frame and painting restored in the 1980s at which time a tear was repaired with a patch and some over-painting was done. The back of the canvas bears the stamp of Jones, Wooll & Sutherland of 312 Montgomery Street, San Francisco; a firm selling artists’ supplies in the 1860s. (Frame 41’’ x 51’’ x 3.5 Sight 30’’ x 40’’),