CHARLES "FRAN" KENNEY
Massachusetts, 1919-2014
"Clipper Ship Belle of the West". Signed lower left "Charles F. Kenney". Titled verso.
Oil on canvas, 24" x 30". Framed 30" x 36".
Notes:
The Belle of the West was one of finest clippers built by David & Asa Shiverick of Shiverick Shipyards in Dennis, Massachusetts. An article in the May 14, 1853 issue of the Boston Daily Atlas states it was "decidedly one of the most beautiful clippers in port -- a perfect seawitch -- which would win the heart of a sailor at a glance". The stately Greek Revival home at the front of the Eldred's property at its Cape Cod headquarters was built by Belle of the West's captain, William F. Howes.

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