Identifier: marineroomofpeab00robi (find matches)
Title: The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Robinson, John, 1846-1925, comp Peabody Museum of Salem
Subjects: Naval art and science Ships
Publisher: Salem, Mass., Peabody Museum
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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interesting old sails. Also, copy by Ross Turner, 1893. The Prudent was taken by the British and condemned at Ceylon, 1806. Raduga, ship, of Boston, built by Currier and Townsend at Newbury, Mass., 1848, 586 tons. Large pencil drawing, with flags colored, by Capt. Andrew M. Ropes, while on a voyage to Honolulu, inscribed, —Raduga, A. M. Ropes, 1863. Reaper, brig, of Salem, built at Amesbury, Mass., 1820, 229 tons. Copy by M. Macpherson of original inscribed, — Reaper of Salem, S. Benson Master, 1823 and signed, — Anton Roux fils aine a Marseille, 1823. Altered to a bark, 1833, and made several whaling voyages. A grandson of Capt.Benson a few years since named his yacht Reaper. This desirable way of perpetuating the names of ancestral ships is becoming quite common as is also the use of old family house and ships flags upon modern yachts. The Marine Room collection and catalogs are often consulted for this purpose. Recovery, ship, of Salem, built by Retire Becket at Salem, 1794,284 tons. 46
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IMAGE : Bark Richard of Salem; ship Julian of New Bedford whaling in the South Pacific . * i Q -25 3 S I Water-color painting inscribed, — Recovery of Salem and signed, — Wm. Ward Delinr. 1799. The first American vessel at Mocha, Arabia, 1798, when she took out $50,000 in specie for purposes of trade. (See Osgood and Batchelder,Sketch of Salem, p. 161.) Restitution, ship, of Salem, built at Newbury, Mass., 1803, 247 tons. Water-color painting inscribed, — Restitution, John Hammond Commander Entering the Port of Palermo, Aug. 22,1833. Richard, bark, of Salem, built by Jenks and Hoyt at Salem, 1826,252 tons. Water-color painting signed, — Hre. Pellegrin a Marseillan 1831. C. Also, shown in large painting of whaling scene with the ship Julian. <L Also, sail plan drawn to scale and colored, with dimensions marked. Robert Pulsford, ship, of Lynn, 406 tons. Painting on glass inscribed, — Ship Robert Pulsford of Lynn passing Flushing, John J. Scobie (of Salem) Master Commander 1844 and signed, — P. Weytz Antwerp. One of two paintings on glass. (See Natchez.) Rolla, brig

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