British School, 19th Century Three Ships Under Full Sail

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British School, 19th Century

Three Ships Under Full Sail
Signed in initials "AB" (l.r.).
Oil on canvas, the large three-masted vessel at center flying a British flag, a small spit of land visible at right edge, 16 3/4 x 29 in., in a molded bird's-eye maple frame.
Condition: Laid down on Masonite, retouch mainly to sky.
Estimate $400-600

spots and areas of retouch throughout sky, presumably to strengthen it, minor spots of retouch to sails in leftmost vessel, and in hull of central vessel.


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