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JOSEPH B. SMITH AND SON

New York/New Jersey, 1798-1876

Medium clipper Ocean Express approaching San Francisco, circa 1856.


Provenance:
Colonial Williamsburg, deaccessioned.
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 2004.
Acquired from the above at that sale by Richard Kelton
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The Ocean Express was a major participant in the Pacific Coast trade. Between 1855 and 1871 she made at least 10 westbound trips from North Atlantic ports to San Francisco, seven of which were from New York, one from Boston and two from English ports. She often returned with grain to England or sometimes stopped at Callao in Peru for guano. In 1861-1862, during the Civil War, she served as a troop transport. She returned to Pacific Coast service between 1871 and 1876 under Peruvian and Costa Rican flags, operating in the lumber trade between Puget Sound and Peru and Australia. In 1876 she was sold to a German firm, renamed Friederich and had a home port of Bremerhaven. By 1890 she had been sold to Norwegian owners. During the years of European ownership, she was active in the North Atlantic trade. In 1890, after 36 years of hard service, she had to be abandoned in the North Atlantic.

From the Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.
Oil on canvas, 32" x 44". Framed 38" x 50".

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