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Title Portraits of Nantucketers
Library Nantucket Historical Association
Date 1804-1870
Description A selection of five portraits of Nantucketers, four of which are oils on canvas, and one is a miniature gouache on ivory. The subjects include Louisa Cobb Thompson, wife of Whaler William B Thompson; Joseph Winslow, Supercargo on the ship Rose; Hannah Macy Gardner, wife of Oliver Gardner; John Swain; and Joseph William Plaskett, first mate of the ship Rose.
Document Type Object, Painting
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce; Arts and Artefacts
Keywords whaling, crew, voyage, women, family, supercargo, portrait
Countries USA; China
Places Hong Kong
Ports Guangzhou, China; Nantucket, USA
Ships Oak, Onward, Rose, Alpha
People Louisa Cobb Thompson; Joseph Winslow; Hannah Macy Gardner; John Swain; Joseph William Plaskett
Additional Information Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from From Brant Point to the Boca Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade by Michael A Jehle, Nantucket Historical Association, 1994.
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