Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen(American, 1850-1921)The American full-rigger 'Jeremiah Thompson' at sea 45 x 76.2cm. (17 7/8 x 30in.)
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signed 'Antonio Jacobsen' and dated 1910 (lower right)
oil on board
45 x 76.2cm. (17 7/8 x 30in.)
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Provenance:
J. Assenheim & Son, New York.
The full-rigged American merchantman ‘Jeremiah Thompson’ was built by Perine, Patterson & Stack at Greenpoint, Long Island, in 1854. Ordered by the prestigious New York shipping firm of Samuel Thompson’s Nephews for their transatlantic trading fleet, she was named for Jeremiah Thompson, one of the firm’s founding fathers who had been born in England and risen to become one of New York’s most prominent and enterprising merchants. An immensely wealthy Quaker who, at one time, was the largest shipper of cotton in the whole of the United States, he was also a part-owner of the famous Black Ball Line of Liverpool packets but died shortly after losing his fortune in the American financial crash of 1827.
The ship bearing his name was registered at 1,904 tons and measured 216 feet in length with a 42 foot beam. Entering service between New York and Liverpool in 1854, she spent fourteen successful years carrying passengers as well as cargo on this route until competition from steam caused her to be diverted to other employment in 1868. Initially working the New York to San Francisco run, via Cape Horn and ports on the west coast of South America, she also made the occasional trip to the Far East and turned in many creditable passages given that she had never been built for high speed. In May 1877, whilst at Huanillos [Chile] loading guano, she survived both the great earthquake and the subsequent tidal wave although she was seriously damaged. The high cost of repairs resulted in her sale the next year but despite this, she was still reported to be in excellent condition while working in the Pacific coast timber trade in 1886. Six years later, having finally outlived her usefulness, she was broken up in San Francisco.
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