May Queen (sailing ship). 1880s.

Creator

unknown

Date Created

1880s

Identifier

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 7,500
a11696

Description

Lower right (l.r.): C. Sommers; on typed label taped to support: Popular with passengers, this 736 ton barque made at least 16 trips to New Zealand. On her last voyage she ran upon a reef at Lyttelton Harbour on January 27, 1888. No lives were lost and most of the cargo was saved.

Extent

520 x 661 mm

Medium

oil on canvas

Temporal Coverage

Nineteenth century

Source

Accessioned 1947

Files

a11696.jpg

Citation

unknown, “May Queen (sailing ship). 1880s.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 23, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/4637.