Dow George Francis - Sailing Ships of New England 1606-1907

AYLWARD, W. J. (1875), born in Milwaukee and worked in New York; in 1904.

BARTOLL, SAMUEL, Marblehead and Salem. House painter and sign-painter ; married in 1785 ; was working in Salem as late as 1825 ; painted mural decorations, fire-boards, military flags, etc.

BATEMAN, CHARLES E., Newburyport; made pencil drawings in 1853.

BROWN, HARRY, Portland, Maine; in 1870.

CAMMILLIERI, NICOLAI (sometimes signed Nicolay Carmillieri), Marseilles ; in 1806-1807.

CARLOTTA, A., Port Mahon, Minorca, Spain ; in 1822.

CARMILETTI, E., Smyrna; in 1831.

CLEVELAND, WILLIAM (1777-1845), Salem.

CORNE, MICHELE FELICE (1757-1845), Naples, Salem, and Newport. Came to Salem from Naples in the ship Mount Vernon in 1799; painted many pictures of ships and during the War of 1812 a series of naval battles which were exhibited in Salem and Boston and from which he gained a competency and removed to Newport, R. I. where he lived until his death. ( See Masons Reminiscences of Newport, p. 330) Many of Cornes paintings of naval engagements were engraved for the popular naval histories of the War of 1812The Naval Monument, Naval Temple, and Naval Battles.

CORSINI, RAFFAELE, Smyrna; in 1849-1852.

DANNENBERG, F.; in 1805.

DREW, CLEMENT (1807-1889), born in Kingston, Mass.; worked in Boston; was living in Maine in 1889 ; in 1844-1851.

EATON, WILLIAM BRADLEY (1836-1896), Salem, in 1884.

ERUZIONE, ZI., Palermo (?), Italy; in 1822.

EVANS AND ARNOLD, New Orleans, La.; in 1850.

GAVAZZONE, DOMENICO, Genoa, Italy; in 1848.

GORE, CHARLES, London, England. English marine draughtsman, flourished about the end of the 18th century. There are several of his drawings in the Cracherode collection in the British Museum. Bryans Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, London 1903; in 1787.

HOWARD, JOSEPH, Salem ; in 1799.

HUGE, I. F., Bridgeport, Conn.; in 1845.

JOHNSON, MARSHALL (1846-1921), Boston.

LUSCOMB, WILLIAM HENRY (1805-1866), Salem. He was born at Ballston, N. Y. The Salem directory gives his occupation as a sign and fancy painter. He made many oil paintings of Salem vessels and his pencil sketches though small were excellent; unfortunately, however, few have been preserved. Was doing his best work between 1845 and 1855.

Luz, JOHN, Venice, Italy; in 1850.

McFARLANE, D. ; in 1861-1864.

MACPHERSON, MURDOCK (1841-1915), Salem. Born at Fort Simpson, Rupert Land, Canada ; graduated at McGill College and studied law with Hon. A. C. Macdonald ; came to Salem in 1873 and taught music and drawing. Between 1902 and 1914 made many remarkable copies of old water-colors of ships and similar work. ( See Figs. 27, 165, 206, 226, 282).

MAZZINGHI, PETER, Leghorn, Italy; in 1831-1833.

MELBORO, I. B., in 1830.

MONTARDIER,, Havre, France; in 1810.

MOOY, JAN.; in 1818.

MORSE F. A. ; in 1885.

MORSE, GEORGE FREDERICK (1834), Portland, Maine. Has made many admirable studies in oils, especially landscapes, with a few marines and pencil sketches of vessels in Portland harbor in 1858.

NORTON, CHARLES W., Detroit, Mich. ; in 1875.

NORTON, WILLIAM EDWARD (1853-1916), Boston. Studied under William F. Hunt and George Inness.

PELLEGRINI, HRE, (sometimes signed Pellegrin) Marseilles; in 1831-1848.

PETERSEN, JACOB (1774 -1854), Copenhagen; in 1817-1838.

PHIPPEN, JOHN, Salem ; in 1790.

PITMAN, THOMAS, Marblehead ; about 1850.

POCOCK, NICHOLAS (1741-1821), London, England. A shipmaster and afterwards a marine painter of considerable merit.

POLLI, FELICE, Trieste, Italy; in 1830.

RALEIGH, C. S. ; about 1840.

RESSMAN, FRANCISCO, Trieste, Italy; in 1809.

ROPES, GEORGE (1788-1819), Salem. His father was lost at sea in 1807 leaving a widow and nine children. George Ropes, though deaf and dumb from birth, was the chief support of his widowed mother and brothers and sisters. While a pupil of Michele Felice Corne, in 1802, he began to paint pictures of vessels and continued to do so through life. He was a carriage and sign-painter by trade. ( See Diary of Rev. William Bentley, Vol. IV, p. 573.)

Roux, ANTON (1765-1835), Marseilles. He was a hydrographer established on one of the quays in Marseilles. He greatly admired the Provencal artist Joseph Vernet whose works he copied. His ship paintings are noted for their accuracy of detail.

Roux, ANTON, fils aine (1799-1872), Marseilles. Son of Anton Roux, who continued the double profession of his father but his work as an artist was inferior.

Roux, FREDERIC (1805-1882), Marseilles, Havre and Paris. Son of Anton Roux, entered the studio of Horace Vernet, where he gained a flexibilty of vision and boldness of touch which were lacking in his brother Antons work.

Roux, FRANCOIS (1811-1882), Marseilles. Son of Anton Roux, obtained the title of painter to the Ministry of Marine and distinguished himself in his genre pictures.

RUSSELL, BENJAMIN (1804-1885), New Bedford; in 1860. A well-known and highly esteemed painter of whaling vessels.

RUSSELL, EDWARD J. (1835-1906), Boston. Of English birth, lived in Boston and did excellent work as a copyist.

SALMON, ROBERT, Liverpool and Boston. Came to Boston in 1828 and painted industriously until his death, not only marine but other subjects. His views of Boston harbor and the shipping are highly prized. Left an annotated list of his paintings and sales covering the period of 1828-1840, copies of which are at the Boston Public Library and the Peabody Museum, Salem.

SMITH, W. H. ; in 1868.

SOUTHWARD, GEORGE (1803-1876), Salem ; portrait painter and copyist. See Fig. 190.

SPICE, J., Amsterdam, Holland; in 1856.

SPINN, J., Amsterdam, Holland; in 1842.

STONE, EDMUND, Beverly. A sailor on the ship George, of Salem, of which he painted many pictures about 1820.

STUBBS, W. P., Boston. Painted many pictures of New England vessels in oils. Worked in Boston between 1876 and 1894.

SUNQUA, a Chinese artist at Lintin, China, who painted many ship pictures between 1835 and 1845, of which two signed examples are known.

T. P. ; in 1835.

TORREY, CHARLES (1869-1921), Brookline, Mass. Painted many excellent ship pictures in oil colors between 1915 and 1921, including copies.

TURNER, Ross STERLING (1848-1915), Salem. Painted several excellent marines and also made copies of water-colors.

VITTALUGA, ANTOINE, Genoa, Italy; in 1817-1829.

WALTER AND SON, 7 Pleasant St., Liverpool, England; in 1830.

WALTERS, SAMUEL ; about 1870.

WARD, WILLIAM, Salem ; in 1799-1800.

WEST, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1854), Salem. The Salem directory lists him as Painter, 125 Essex St. He was self-taught, worked in oils and his work though somewhat stiff was accurate in its details.

WEYTZ, P., Antwerp, Belgium. His paintings were done mostly on glass; in 1840-1844.

WHALL, CAPT. W. B., Boston.

WHITE, GEORGE MEWANJEE (1849-1915), Salem. Water-colorist and also did etchings.

WILSON, JAMES, Liverpool, England; in 1860.

YORK, WILLIAM; in 1879.