Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CLIPPER SHIP RED JACKET IN ICE ...

Date

1915

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Length

55.8

Width

35.6

Description

PENCIL AND CRAYON ON HEAVY CARD BOARD. "CLIPPER SHIP RED JACKET IN THE ICE OFF CAPE HORN, AUGUST 1854." ARTIST (LOWER RIGHT CORNER) "C.H. MCKENNEY". SKETCH DEPICTS THREE-MASTED CLIPPER SHIP TRAPPED IN ICE. UNFRAMED.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

"1915" WRITTEN ON BACK. "MISS HOGAN 1 BLK. 275" ALSO ON BACK. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF WARNER, ALBERTA FOUND IN THE JULY 19, 1909 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, A "C. E. MCKENNEY" WAS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE WARNER SCHOOL AT THAT TIME. NO OTHER INFORMATION TIED TO THE ARTIST'S NAME SIGNED ON THIS DRAWING OR A "MISS HOGAN" WAS FOUND. LIMITED INFORMATION ON THIS ARTIFACT'S DONOR, FRANK MCNABB, WAS FOUND IN NOTICES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD IN 1958, 1960, AND 1975. MCNABB WORKED AT SICK'S LETHBRIDGE BREWERY FOR OVER 38 YEARS AND RETIRED IN 1960. HE DIED ON MAY 13, 1975. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW HE CAME TO POSESS THE TWO DRAWINGS DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM (P19640106000 AND P19640107000). THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE RED JACKET CLIPPER SHIP WAS FOUND VIA WIKIPEDIA AND THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS WEBSITE. THE RED JACKET WAS BUILT BY GEORGE THOMAS IN ROCKLAND, MAINE, AND FIRST LAUNCHED IN 1853. SHE WAS NAMED AFTER SAGOYEWATHA, A SENECA FIRST NATIONS CHIEF THAT WAS CALLED 'RED JACKET' BY SETTLERS. ON HER FIRST VOYAGE, RED JACKET SET THE SPEED RECORD FOR SAILING SHIPS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC, BY SAILING FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL IN 13 DAYS, ONE HOUR AND 25 MINUTES. DURING THE PASSAGE SHE AVERAGED 14.5 KNOTS (26.9KM/H). RED JACKET WAS SOLD IN 1854 AND FITTED OUT WITH CABINS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRANT TRADE, WHICH SHE SERVED IN UNTIL 1861, WHEN SHE BECAME A COASTAL FREIGHTER. IN 1872 RED JACKET BECAME A LUMBER CARRIER FROM QUEBEC TO LONDON, AND IN 1883 A COALING HULK IN THE MADEIRA ISLANDS. SHE WAS DRIVEN ASHORE IN A GALE IN 1885. ACCORDING TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ONLINE, THE AMERICAN PRINTMAKING FIRM CURRIER AND IVES PRODUCED A LITHOGRAPH EDITION DEPICTING THE RED JACKET, C. 1855, CALLED "CLIPPER SHIP 'RED JACKET': IN THE ICE OFF CAPE HORN, ON HER PASSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA TO LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 1854", DRAWN BY J. B. SMITH AND SON, BROOKLYN. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS DRAWING WAS MADE IN THE STYLE OF THE LITHOGRAPH OF THE SAME NAME. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF LETHBRIDGE HERALD NOTICES AND SOURCE MATERIAL ON THE RED JACKET CLIPPER SHIP.

Catalogue Number

P19640106000

Acquisition Date

1964-02

Collection

Museum

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