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The Brig "Isabella Leith" of Aberdeen
The Brig ISABELLA LEITH of Aberdeen
The Brig "Isabella Leith" of Aberdeen
The Brig "Isabella Leith" of Aberdeen

The Brig ISABELLA LEITH of Aberdeen

Artist
Associated (of Aberdeen)
Date1850
Object Namepainting
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 50 cm, Width: 75.5 cm
Frame: Height: 66.6 cm, Width: 92 cm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1991 by Mr Arthur T Robertson and Mrs Mary B Robertson.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDAG008039
Keywords
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The ship was built in 1848 in Sunderland and foundered in the North Sea in 1888. A label on the back reads "... caught in a gale of wind off the Cape of Good Hope".
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1853
MATHESIS
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1841
ABERGELDIE
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15 May 1850
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HOGARTH
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1893
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Alexander HALL & Co.
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Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
August 1879
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Walter Hood & Co.
1857
ACASTA
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Alexander HALL & Co.
October 1845
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KOSCIUSKO
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
August 1862
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ABERGELDIE
Walter Hood & Co.
1851
STORNOWAY
STORNOWAY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1850
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MARQUIS OF ARGYLE
Walter Hood & Co.
March 1860
CALEDONIA I
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DUTHIE
1899
TYRIE
TYRIE
1899
Image Not Available for Poster advertising Norseman, vessel belonging to the Shetland Islands Steam Trading Co. Ltd and its passages between Leith, Aberdeen, Wick, Lerwick and Baltasound
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Norseman
1907
Postcard of Torry Docks
Postcard of Torry Docks
Frank Donnelly
20th Century
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WALTER HOOD
Walter Hood & Co.
1852
Engraving of 'Velocity' paddle steamer, built 1821
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Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Co.
early 19th-mid 19th Century
SCOTSMAN
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Alexander Farquharson
25 October 1825
MOUNTAIN MAID
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Alexander HALL & Co.
1842