ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK J. TUDGAY
United Kingdom, 1841-1921
The four-masted ship County of Peebles under full sail, inbound, circa 1875. Oil on canvas, 30" x 48". Framed 38" x 56".
Provenance:
Malcolm Parry, Barclay, Curie & Co., Glasgow, Scotland, until 1985.
Jack Partridge, North Edgecomb, Maine.
Purchased from the above at the 1986 Winter Antiques Show, New York.

Note:
County of Peebles was an iron-hulled, four-masted ship built in 1875 by Barclay, Curie & Co., Glasgow, for Robert Craig. Having seen many tall three-masted ships lose their rig, Craig made the decision to have his County Line ships spread their 30,610 square feet of sail over four very strongly rigged shorter masts. Between 1880 and 1898 the County of Peebles had a busy schedule, making seventeen round-trip voyages from Europe to India or China without accident. Her 83-day passage form Cardiff to Bombay in 1880 was a record at the time. She was sold to Chile in 1898. Her hulk remains at Punta Arenas.

Overall very good condition. The canvas is relined and under UV examination there is scattered minor in-paint to the sea and sky, along the edges and stretcher marks, and one small spot in the sails. There is a small chip of paint missing from the middle left sky, and there is an even, stable craquelure across the entire canvas. Under white light, the painting presents well and is ready to hang.