PURITAN LINE / ANTWERP BOSTON & BALTIMORE. Circa 1898.
30x20 inches, 76¼x50¾ cm. Maclure & Co., London. Condition B: staining from adhesive on verso, showing through margins and image; water stains in bottom left margin; minor abrasions in image. Mounted on board. Framed.
The ship depicted here was built in 1894, purchased from Raeburn & Verel, Glasgow in 1898 by Thomas Ronaldson & Company and renamed the English King. According to an article reprinted from "The Syren and Shipping" from 1898, Thomas Ronaldson & Co. operated the Puritan Line from Antwerp to Boston and Baltimore every 10 days. Rare.
