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Montague Dawson
(1895 - 1973)
Deep Waters - The Abraham Rydberg
Oil on canvas31 1/2 x 27 inches Signed Provenance M. Newman, Ltd., St. James, London, c.1949 Hugh Jaques, Esq., Montreal, Canada, c.1950 By Descent Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City A letter from M. Newman, Ltd., discussing this painting will accompany the work. A four-masted steel barque built in 1892 by C. Connell & Co., Glasgow. Her dimensions were 270'0×43'1×23'6 and with a tonnage of 2097 NRT. The Swedish measurements were 260'9"×43'2"×23'6", 2345 GRT and 1966 NRT Built of steel by C. Connel & Co., Glasgow for Hawaiian Construction Co., Honolulu, in 1892, to be used on the sugar trade from Honolulu to South America. She was given the name Hawaiian Isles and was rigged as a four-masted barque with royals over double topgallant sails. 1893 she was sold to A. Nelson, Honolulu 1900 she was sold to Welch & Co., Honolulu 1906 she was sold to Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco 1910 she was sold to Alaska Packers Association for $60,000 and renamed the Star of Greenland. 1929 she was sold to Stifelsen Abraham Rydberg, Stockholm for $19,000 to be used as a cargo carrying school ship, and was renamed the Abraham Rydberg. 1936 collided with the steamer Koranton. Her hull was damaged and she lost her main topgallant mast. 1943 she was sold to Julio Riero Campys, Oporto, and renamed the Fox do Duoro. 1945 two 650 hp diesel engines were installed. 1946 she was reduced to a four-masted barquentine. 1951 she was sold to Sociedade Industrial, Ultramarina. 1957 she was scrapped. |
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