Description:
These pith paintings were part of the sewing table contents owned by Eliza Clarkson of Gloucester, MA. She accompanied her husband James Clarkson on 1849 voyage of the ship "Marathon," which included visits to Java and Manilla. Images painted on pith paper produced small, bright pictures with the glowing qualities of enamel or embroidery, and a surface that reflected light more like a mosaic than the smooth flatness of a sized, manufactured paper. Many sets of images were brought back to America by seamen, merchants, and travelers. Drawing on pith paper of a Chinese boat with many oars, two masts with rolled up sails, the ship is decorated in red, green and yellow colors, there is a red pennant off the stern, the masts have a blue and a red pennant, there are four men on the boat, the water is colored green. Conserved at WACC, partially restored, large losses to the bottom.
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