Ship DIRIGO Off Sydney Heads

William Edgar, artist. Oil on canvas of Sewall ship DIRIGO, framed. Black hull, deck houses and inner rail white. Two boats, white on davits by forward house. Sewall house flag on main, ensign and signal flags. 12 crew on deck. Masts varnished. Sydney heads, light, steamer, one sail in left background. Sky partly cloudy, seas moderate. Bears inscription 'Walker's Studio, Sydney'; "Ship Dirigo off Sydney Heads May 1903 Commanded by Capt. L.S. Colley." Image: 23.75 x 41.5" Frame: 31" X 49". Built at Bath in 1894, Dirigo was the first steel sailing ship built in the United States. This painting documents her only visit to Australia, but other vessels of the same fleet (Arthur Sewall & Co. of Bath) did often voyage there.