Oil on Canvas depicting the Paddle Wheel Steamship "Old Colony" Signed Fred Pansing
Information Fred Pansing (1844 - 1912)
Oil on canvas signed Fred Pansing lower left depicting the paddle wheel steamboat Old Colony. The painting has rich and bright colors. Like most of Pansing’s ship portraits this painting shows the Old Colony in a port side profile and the detail is very crisp and fine. The name Old Colony appears at many places on the hull and on a banner flying from a tall flag pole. The company name N.B.S. Co Plymouth Line appears on the bow and on the fore flag pole. The American Flag flies from a flag pole at the stern. The paddle box is brightly painted and paddle wheel is painted red. There are several other flags flying which add to the color and beauty of the picture. There is a large group of passengers on the fore and rear decks. There is smoke coming from the stack and steam coming from the whistle mounted just before the stack. Land is visible along the horizon as the Old Colony plies up the coast. To the left of the bow Is a two masted schooner sailing along. The sky is bright blue with puffy white clouds. The water in a more turquoise blue with white highlights at the crest of the waves.
Note: Fred Pansing began painting in Germany and he moved to New York in 1865 to become a marine painter.
Condition: The painting was cleaned lined around the year 2000. There is almost no in paint and the picture is in excellent condition.
Provenance: A major international Corporation.
Dimensions of Painting: H - 31 1/2; W - 42 1/8\
Dimensions of Frame: H - 21 5/8, L - 28, Inches
Reference: “Picture History of New England Passenger Vessels” by W. Bartlett Cram, Published by Burncoat Corporation, Hamden Highlands, ME 1980, page 253. The Old Colony was built by J.K. Montgomery in Chelsea in 1904. She spent her entire life in Boston. She was 190 feet in length, 32 feet in breath and she drew 11.3 feet. She burned in Nantasket Thanksgiving day 1929.
Circa 1885
