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Portrait of Captain Peter Coffin
Mr Isaac Sheffield1833 - 1840
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
This painting depicts the American whaling Captain Peter Coffin sitting in an arm chair holding a copy of Bowditch Navigator (an encyclopaedia of Navigation). Coffin's three-masted vessel the COLUMBUS can be seen just behind the Captain, flying the American flag. Coffin was active in the Pacific region and present on a number of whaling ships.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Captain Peter Coffin
- Creator: Mr Isaac Sheffield
- Date: 1833 - 1840
- Location: United States
- Type: Painting
- Significance: This is a good example of a 19th century portrait featuring a sea Captain who visited a number of fisheries in the South Pacific.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 845 × 714 mm, 3.6 kg, 63 mm
- Credit line: ANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
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