Clipper Ship "Architect." 520 Tons

Object summary

Title: Clipper Ship "Architect." 520 Tons
Object ID: CC-R-0104
Date made: 1947
Place made: United States, New York
Painter (after): Buttersworth, James Edward
Printmaker: Eggert, H. F.
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A starboard-side view of the clipper ship 'Architect' built for the China trade. Other than that she made some rapid passages to China, little is known of her. She was a Baltimore Clipper, which was a type of vessel that was essentially an enlarged schooner hull with V-shaped cross-sections below the waterline and strongly raked sterns, stern posts, and masts.

Inscriptions

Type: graphite
Location: verso
Text: R104

Type: graphite
Location: verso
Text: R-126 [crossed out]

Type: graphite
Location: verso
Text: R-104 [crossed out]

Type: graphite
Location: verso
Text: Clipper Ship "Architect." 520 Tons / Built at Baltimore 1847. Owned by / Nye, Parkin, and Co. China.

Type: graphite
Location: verso
Text: 5-1