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CHARLES PARSONS, AFTER JOSEPH B. SMITH. Clipper Ship "Red Jacket"-In the Ice off Cape Horn, on Her Passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854

Clipper Ship "Red Jacket" - In the Ice off Cape Horn, on Her Passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854. Artist: Charles Parsons (American (born England), Hampshire 1821-1910 New York); After Joseph B. Smith (American, New York, 1798-1876). Dimensions: Image: 16 1/8 × 23 11/16 in. (41 × 60.1 cm) Sheet: 21 1/4 × 27 9/16 in. (54 × 70 cm). Publisher: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813-1888 New York). Date: 1855. "Red Jacket" ranks among the largest and fastest American clipper ships ever built. Designed with a 255-foot deck by Boston-based Samuel Hartt Pook for the owners Seacombe and Taylor, it was built by George Thomas in Rockland, Maine, who launched it in November 1853. The name "Red Jacket" refers to Sa Go Ye Wat Ha, ("he who keeps them awake"), the great Seneca orator and leader who had aided the British during the American Revolution, earning him his British red uniform and nickname. After the Revolution, Sagoyewatha championed peace, became a defender of native American culture and a spokesman for the Iroquois confederacy in 1792, when he led Iroquois chiefs to Philadelphia, where they agreed to mediate in frontier war. During the War of 1812, Sagoyewatha fought with the Americans against the British. In January 1854, "Red Jacket" made her first voyage from New York across the north Atlantic to Liverpool, England, where a new British owner outfitted her for Australian immigrant and cargo transport. In May 1854, the White Star Line chartered the ship to sail to Melbourne, Australia, where it arrived after sixty-nine days with approximately 450 passengers (16 of them traveling in first class cabins) -- the second fastest record at that time. In 1855, Nathaniel Currier published this print depicting the "Red Jacket" in the midst of its return journey, when it was trapped for four days in an ice field off Cape Horn. The route involved sailing round Cape Horn at the tip of South America, where, at certain times of the year, fierce winds, large waves and icebergs and ice floes floating from Antartica made the seas between the South Pacific and South Atlantic treacherous to navigate. Despite this delay, the ship reached Liverpool in seventy-three days with all its passengers and a valuable gold cargo -- reportedly about 45,000 ounces. This clipper's speed became a selling point to future passengers; "Red Jacket" continued to transport passengers and cargo back and forth between England and Australia until the early 1860s.
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Clipper Ship "Red Jacket"-In the Ice off Cape Horn, on Her Passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854
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Traducción automática: Clipper Ship 'Red Jacket' - En el hielo frente al Cabo de Hornos, en su paso desde Australia a Liverpool, agosto de 1854. Artista: Charles Parsons (American (nacido en Inglaterra), Hampshire 1821-1910 Nueva York); Después de Joseph B. Smith (Americano, Nueva York, 1798-1876). Dimensiones: Imagen: 16 1/8 x 23 11/16. (41 × 60,1 cm) Hoja: 21 1/4 x 27 9/16 pulg. (54 × 70 cm). Editor: litografiado y publicado por Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813-1888 Nueva York). Fecha: 1855. "Red Jacket" se encuentra entre los clíperes estadounidenses más grandes y rápidos jamás construidos. Diseñado con una plataforma de 255 pies por Samuel Hartt Pook, con sede en Boston, para los propietarios Seacombe y Taylor, fue construido por George Thomas en Rockland, Maine, quien lo inauguró en noviembre de 1853. El nombre "Red Jacket" se refiere a Sa Go Ye Wat Ha, ("el que los mantiene despiertos"), el gran orador y líder Séneca que había ayudado a los británicos durante la Revolución Americana, lo que le valió su uniforme rojo británico y su apodo. Después de la Revolución, Sagoyewatha defendió la paz, se convirtió en defensor de la cultura nativa americana y en vocero de la confederación iroquesa en 1792, cuando condujo a los jefes iroqueses a Filadelfia, donde acordaron mediar en la guerra fronteriza. Durante la Guerra de 1812, Sagoyewatha luchó con los estadounidenses contra los británicos. En enero de 1854, el "Red Jacket" hizo su primer viaje desde Nueva York a través del Atlántico norte hasta Liverpool, Inglaterra, donde un nuevo propietario británico lo equipó para el transporte de carga e inmigrantes australianos. En mayo de 1854, White Star Line fletó el barco para navegar a Melbourne, Australia, donde llegó después de sesenta y nueve días con aproximadamente 450 pasajeros (16 de ellos en cabinas de primera clase), el segundo récord más rápido en ese momento. En 1855, Nathaniel Currier publicó este grabado que representa al "Chaqueta Roja" en medio de su viaje de regreso, cuando estuvo atrapado durante cuatro días en un campo de hielo frente al Cabo de Hornos. La ruta consistía en navegar alrededor del Cabo de Hornos en la punta de América del Sur, donde, en ciertas épocas del año, los vientos feroces, las grandes olas y los icebergs y témpanos de hielo que flotaban desde la Antártida hacían que los mares entre el Pacífico Sur y el Atlántico Sur fueran traicioneros para navegar. A pesar de este retraso, el barco llegó a Liverpool en setenta y tres días con todos sus pasajeros y un valioso cargamento de oro, según se informa, unas 45.000 onzas. La velocidad de este clipper se convirtió en un punto de venta para futuros pasajeros; "Red Jacket" continuó transportando pasajeros y carga entre Inglaterra y Australia hasta principios de la década de 1860.
Clipper Ship "Red Jacket" - In the Ice off Cape Horn, on Her Passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854. Artist: Charles Parsons (American (born England), Hampshire 1821-1910 New York); After Joseph B. Smith (American, New York, 1798-1876). Dimensions: Image: 16 1/8 × 23 11/16 in. (41 × 60.1 cm) Sheet: 21 1/4 × 27 9/16 in. (54 × 70 cm). Publisher: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813-1888 New York). Date: 1855. "Red Jacket" ranks among the largest and fastest American clipper ships ever built. Designed with a 255-foot deck by Boston-based Samuel Hartt Pook for the owners Seacombe and Taylor, it was built by George Thomas in Rockland, Maine, who launched it in November 1853. The name "Red Jacket" refers to Sa Go Ye Wat Ha, ("he who keeps them awake"), the great Seneca orator and leader who had aided the British during the American Revolution, earning him his British red uniform and nickname. After the Revolution, Sagoyewatha championed peace, became a defender of native American culture and a spokesman for the Iroquois confederacy in 1792, when he led Iroquois chiefs to Philadelphia, where they agreed to mediate in frontier war. During the War of 1812, Sagoyewatha fought with the Americans against the British. In January 1854, "Red Jacket" made her first voyage from New York across the north Atlantic to Liverpool, England, where a new British owner outfitted her for Australian immigrant and cargo transport. In May 1854, the White Star Line chartered the ship to sail to Melbourne, Australia, where it arrived after sixty-nine days with approximately 450 passengers (16 of them traveling in first class cabins) -- the second fastest record at that time. In 1855, Nathaniel Currier published this print depicting the "Red Jacket" in the midst of its return journey, when it was trapped for four days in an ice field off Cape Horn. The route involved sailing round Cape Horn at the tip of South America, where, at certain times of the year, fierce winds, large waves and icebergs and ice floes floating from Antartica made the seas between the South Pacific and South Atlantic treacherous to navigate. Despite this delay, the ship reached Liverpool in seventy-three days with all its passengers and a valuable gold cargo -- reportedly about 45,000 ounces. This clipper's speed became a selling point to future passengers; "Red Jacket" continued to transport passengers and cargo back and forth between England and Australia until the early 1860s.
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hand-colored lithograph
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
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Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813-1888 New York)
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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4200 x 3164 px | 38.0 MB
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35.6 x 26.8 cm | 14.0 x 10.5 in (300 dpi)
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