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Field name | Value |
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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. |
Copyright | Nantucket Historical Association |