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Description
The clipper ship, the Grecian, with its sails down is shown here.
Capt. Ilsley painted the ship portrait from original sketches made as the ship burned. The Grecian was built in Ferry Village, Cape Elizabeth.
About This Item
- Title: Clipper Grecian in the Dutch East Indies, ca. 1854
- Creator: Everhardus Koster
- Creation Date: circa 1854
- Subject Date: 1854
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Locations:
- Ferry Village, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME
- Indonesia
- Media: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 31 cm x 41 cm
- Local Code: A86-931
- Object Type: Image
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- Grecian (clipper ship)
- Marine paintings
- Netherlands Indies
- Sailing ships--United States
- Ships--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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