Edit Object 1947

The painting is illustrated in the 1986 edition of "Dictonary Of Sea Painters,
page 596, plate # 915.

Per David Thimgan in his hand:

"This vessel was built as ZEMINDER for T. & J. Brocklebark of Whitehaven, England by Harland and Wolff of Bedford, Ireland in 1885. She was a steel ship of 2353 tons. When the Brockebark brothers sold off their sailing ship fleet and went to sea, she was bought by German owners and re-named OHO GILDEMEISTER. She was dismasted in the Pacific in 1900 and had to be towed into San Francisco. In those days, laws enacted to promote American shipbuilding made it difficult for American owners to buy foriegn- built vessels, but such vessels could become American-owned if sufficient repairs to them were first made in America shipyards. This was the case with OHO GILDEMEISTER-ex-ZEMINDER, and she was bought by Hind Rolph & Co. and re-named HOMEWARD BOUND.

Much later, she was bought by the Alasken Packers Association and re-named STAR OF HOLLAND. Alasken Packers vessels were based at Oakland California and made annual voyages to the fishing grounds on Bristol Bay in Alaska. They would sail north with cannery workers, fishermen and tin plate. They anchored off canneries which were in place on the shoreline. The fishermen would catch Salmon, then it would be canned, and the ships would return to Oakland with holds filled with canned Salmon. This was one of the last trades in the world to use sailing vessels, the fleet making their annual voyages until the late 1920's" .

Select a Type
American Ship Portrait
Barometers
Bells
Binnacles & Compasses
Binoculars
Book Maritime
Book Voyages
Books
Books General
Boylhart Collection
Builders Full Models
Builders Half-Model
Canes - Decorative
Canes - Gimmick
Cannons
Carving
Chronometers
Clocks
Contemporary Art
Contemporary Models
Decorative Art - Boxes
Dieppe Models
Diorama Models
Diving Helmets & Equipment
Dockyard Models
Edged Weapons
Engravings
Figureheads
Firearms
Fishing Equipment
Folk Art Models
Furniture
Glass and Pottery
Globes
Jewelry
Joe & Lisa's Art Collection
Lamps
Letters
Lighthouse Artifacts
Limited-Edition Prints
Lithographs
Maps & Charts
Marine Narrative
Marine Narrative at Sea
Medical
Microscopes
Miscellaneous Artifacts
Navigation Instruments - Compass
Navigation Instruments
Navigation Instruments - Sextant
Octants, Quadrants & Backstaffs
Original art
Other Models
Painted Photograph
Passenger Liner Memorabilia
Patent Models
Period Models
Photographs
Pond Models
Pottery
Prints
Prisoner-of-War Artifacts
Prisoner-of-War Models
Sailor Crafts
Sailor Valentines
Sailor Woolworks
Scrimshaw Artifacts
Scrimshaw Private
Scrimshaw Teeth
Sea Chests
Sextants
Ship Clocks
Ship Hardwares
Ship in a Bottle
Ship Log Books
Ships Flogging Whip
Signed Documents
Silver and Silver Plated Models
Speaking Trumpets
Statues
Steam Engine Models
Steam Models
Sundials
Sword
Tankards & Pitchers
Telescopes
Tillers, Rudders & Yokes
Toy Models
Trinity Boxes
Trophys & Presentions
Voyages & Travels
Watches
Whaling