BHC1343

A barque running before a gale Long Caption: A four-masted barque wearing foul-weather rig is shown making its way through a heavy sea in this port-bow view. Ships such as this were used as trading vessels, including in the grain and nitrate trades to South American ports round Cape Horn. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: BHC1343 Artist: Thomas Jacques Somerscales Date: 1910 Medium: oil on canvas Size: 407 mm x 560 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.