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CHINA TRADE PAINTING OF "MIDDY MASTHEADED," CIRCA 1873
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CHINA TRADE PAINTING OF "MIDDY MASTHEADED," CIRCA 1873.
Based on the Harper's Weekly illustration, titled "Mastheaded- a Middy in Disgrace." Although the subject looks lost in reverie as he pauses in his reading, sending a midshipman aloft to sit in the rigging was a common punishment of the day.Oil on canvas,...
Based on the Harper's Weekly illustration, titled "Mastheaded- a Middy in Disgrace." Although the subject looks lost in reverie as he pauses in his reading, sending a midshipman aloft to sit in the rigging was a common punishment of the day.Oil on canvas,...
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