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DELTA (painting)
English school
(artist)
Port side view of the Swansea copper ore barque DELTA at sea. Unsigned and undated.
The barque Delta was built at Hill's Drydock, Cardiff in 1865 for Henry Bath & Co., Swansea, one of the 'Swansea copper ore barques' that carried copper ore from Chile to Swansea, around Cape Horn. These vessels were admired across the world, and praised by no less authority than Joseph Conrad. The Delta was eventually scrapped at Bilbao in 1934.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1992.149
Historical Associations
Association Type: Place name
Date: 06/1865
Place: Cardiff
Associated Person/Body: Bath & Co.
Association Type: Ship owner
Date: 06/1865
Place: Swansea
Associated Person/Body: Swansea Merchants Co.
Association Type: Company name
Date: 1875
Place: Swansea
Creation/Production
Acquisition
purchase, 18/10/1990
Measurements
Length
(mm): 650
Width
(mm): 982
Material
Paper
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