Mary Wadley
Maker
Balle, Jacob Peter
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
Oil on wood. Signed, undated. Framed.
Painting of a ship in high seas.
Painting of a ship in high seas.
Production period
Media/Materials description
Oil on board
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 176 x 252mm
Measured on frame reverse: Height x Width: 229 x 305mm
Measured on frame reverse: Height x Width: 229 x 305mm
Signature/Inscription
J.P. Balle, Signature, Handwritten
'Mary Wadley'/ Owned by J.H. Vautier Esq. of Napier/ Captain Baillie, was Master of the 'Mary Wadley'/ and was previously Mate of the 'Black Adder', Label, Typed
LOG BOOK/ of the/ MARY WADLEY/ of/ Napier/ Ship/ from/ to/ Commencing/ Ending/ Kept by., Cutting, Printed
May 1873/ off Ladsome Islands., Inscription, Handwritten
'Mary Wadley'/ Owned by J.H. Vautier Esq. of Napier/ Captain Baillie, was Master of the 'Mary Wadley'/ and was previously Mate of the 'Black Adder', Label, Typed
LOG BOOK/ of the/ MARY WADLEY/ of/ Napier/ Ship/ from/ to/ Commencing/ Ending/ Kept by., Cutting, Printed
May 1873/ off Ladsome Islands., Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Current rights
Credit line
Gifted by K. McLeay
Other number(s)
49/29, 7040
Accession number
49/29
Public comments
The Mary Wadley was a barquentine. This is a ship - yards on all three masts. More likely to be the Black Adder caught in a typhoon on the way from Newcastle to Shanghai in May 1873.
- M. Warman posted 10 months ago.