Ship RICHARD MORSE with Ship JANE PARKER

Joseph B. Smith, artist. oil on canvas. RICHARD MORSE. Frame label reads 'Painted by J.B. Smith/#10 Front Street/Brooklyn, N.Y.'; JANE PARKER (b. 1848) is approaching from background and will cross the RICHARD MORSE's (b. 1851) bow; 24 1/2' x 45 1/2'; frame 36 1/4 x 52 1/4"Ship Richard Morse Joseph B. Smith & Son, Brooklyn, NY Oil on canvas, 1852 Vessel's gross tonnage 873; register length 166'6" This vessel has a long poop deck of the sort sometimes made to shelter passenger accommodations. For the convenience of officers and crew, the poop is connected by a catwalk to the top of the forward house. The solid bulwark or rail around the poop deck may be for the protection of passengers. This ship was built at Phippsburg in 1851 by R. Morse & Sons for Richard Morse. 96.103.4, Gift of Estate of Elizabeth B. Noyce