Deering, G.G.
1919

Painting on Gold Leaf Ship Marie Sophie of Falmouth

Painting on Gold Leaf of the Schooner Ship Marie Sophie of Falmouth

DESCRIPTION: Painting on Gold Leaf of the Schooner Ship Marie Sophie of Falmouth on Masonite and housed in an early frame (painted tan). Original brass hangers. Seller noted: "Unsigned but I believe this was done by Carroll A. Deering son of the owner of the G.G. Deering Shipyard at Bath, Maine (later Bath Iron Works)."

Purchased in 2013 with other Deering memorabilia from 1919.

According to an online article by the National Park Service about the ghost-ship Carroll A. Deering (l. 1919).
On January 29, 1921, the ship was making a return trip to Hampton Roads, Virginia from Barbados when she passed the Cape Lookout Lightship. According to the lightship a crewman, who did not look or act like an officer, reported that the ship had lost its anchors.

This was the last report of the ill-fated Deering before she was found run aground and abandoned. At 6:30 am on January 31st, C.P. Brady of the Cape Hatteras Coast Guard Station spotted a five-masted schooner in the morning light, aground and helpless on the shoals…. Upon investigating the ship, it was discovered that all personal belongings, key navigational equipment, certain papers, and the ship’s anchors were missing. Food was laid out as if in preparation for a meal. But there was no sign of the crew. Source: http://www.nps.gov/caha/historyculture/theghostship.htm

CREATOR: Deering, G.G.

PUBLICATION DATE: 1919

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: 

CONDITION: Good.  Framed.

COLORING: Gold.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 5 " x 8 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $975

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