File:The Merchant Snow Peru off Dover, oil on canvas painting by William John Huggins.jpg

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The Merchant Snow Peru off Dover   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
William John Huggins  (1781–1845)  wikidata:Q8013630
 
Alternative names
Mr. (William John) Huggins; William Huggins; W.J. Huggins
Description English marine painter
Date of birth/death 1781 Edit this at Wikidata 19 May 1845 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q8013630
Title
The Merchant Snow Peru off Dover
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
The merchant vessel ‚Peru‘ in three positions off the coast od Dover
Date between 1841 and 1845
date QS:P571,+1841-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1841-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1845-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 65 cm (25.5 in); width: 98 cm (38.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,65U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,98U174728
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Signature bottom left:

W.J.Huggins
Notes One of a number of vessels with the same name, the vessel in the present painting is likely to be the brig Peru which was built in 1841 and which weighed 203 tons.
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Source/Photographer Sotheby's

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