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| Keywords: Samuel Walters - The sailing ship Robin Hood (1857).jpg Artwork Creator Samuel Walters 1857 oil canvas cm 82 5 128 5 object history credit line S WALTERS 1857 ~ lower left signature and date 'The British ship Robin Hood 1856-64 passing her consort Friar Tuck 1857 at sea in heavy weather Portrayed closehauled with reefed topsails Robin Hood is seen from the less usual windward view with the tack of the main course temporarily clewed up Friar Tuck runs before the wind under a fine spread of canvas just having let fly her fore tapgallant sheets; probably observing an oldfashioned form of salutation Both vessels were built on clipper lines by Hall of Aberdeen and display the James Beazley house flag of Liverpool Consistently fast Robin Hood on one occasion covered 364 nautical miles in 24 hours' <ref>http //www bonhams com/auctions/20765/lot/96/ Bonhams</ref><small> reflist </small> accession number http //www bonhams com/auctions/20765/lot/96/ Bonhams 24 Apr 2013 - London lot 96 PD-old-100 Samuel Walters 19th-century sailing ships in paintings Robin Hood ship 1856 Friar Tuck ship 1857 Images from Bonhams 1857 oil on canvas paintings | ||||
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