Collector's Journal — Sailing Ships
The Four-Masted Barque Sindia: From Harland & Wolff to the Legendary 1901 New Jersey Shipwreck
Barque Sindia British Marine Art Brocklebank Line Collectors Journal Four Masted Barque Frost & Reed Harland & Wolff Maritime Art Maritime History Ocean City New Jersey Richard Henry Neville-Cumming Sailing Ships Ship Portrait Shipwreck Sindia Victorian Marine Art Victorian Maritime History Victorian Ship Painting
Discover the remarkable story of the four-masted steel barque Sindia, built by Harland & Wolff for the Brocklebank Line in 1887. We explore this Victorian maritime painting, its A.E.S. initials, connection with Richard Henry Neville-Cumming, historic Frost & Reed association, and the ship’s legendary 1901 wreck at Ocean City, New Jersey.
Potosi: Around Cape Horn in the Final Great Age of Sail
Age of Sail Art Research Cape Horn Chilean Nitrate Trade Collectors Journal Drake Passage F Laeisz Five Masted Barque Flying P-Liners German Maritime History M Job Marine Painting Maritime Art Maritime History Potosi Provenance Research Robert Hilgendorf Sailing Ships Ship Portrait Tall Ships Tayler & Fletcher Windjammer
A dramatic circa 1900 oil painting captures the legendary five-masted barque Potosi driving through mountainous southern seas, revealing the extraordinary story of the Flying P-Liners, the Chilean nitrate trade and the final great age of commercial sail.
