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LITHOGRAPHS
2.
JOHN
RAPHAEL ISAAC
J.R.Isaac lived and worked in Liverpool and created
lithographs of the ships of Henry Threlfall Wilson and
John
Pilkington's White Star Line. In the 1850s, the
White
Star Line in compatition with James Baines & Co.
in the
Australian trade. Both companies expanding with
the
demand for passages to Melbourne in the Gold Rush
years
Of
interest is the close similarity between two of Isaac's
lithographs of the clipper ships
Lightning and Red Jacket
with
similar lithographs by N. Currier in New York. Isaac.
made his lithograph for Lightning
for James Baines & Co
and of Red Jacket for Messrs. Wilson and
Pilkington,
There
are no dates on his lithographs so it is not possible to
tell
which came first.- the Isaac or Currier versions. Living
in
Liverpool, Isaac would have had the opportunity of first
hand
accounts of Red Jacket's
encounter with the ice when
it
reached Liverpool.
A. SAIL
ARABIAN - 1068t 1852 St Johns, New Drunswick
J.R. Isaac, hand coloured lithograph,
184?
National Librarary of Australia
(http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an9517826)
CREST OF THE WAVE 856t 1853 Sunderland
Caption:
"The clipper ship 'Crest of the Wave'
656 Tons
Register Messrs EC Friebd & Co Owners
J.R. Isaac, artist, engraver and
publisher
Royal Musrums Greenwich, London
Coloured lithograph. Image PU6460
LIGHTNING -1468rt 1854 East Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
Caption: "The clipper ship
'Lightning' 1769 Tons Register
Messrs. James Baines & Co Owners"
J.R. Isaac, artist, engraver and
publisher, 19th century
Royal Museums Greenwich, London
Coloured lithograph. Image PU6464
.
MERMAID,
1,321t, a soft wood clipper built byM'Donald,
St. John, New
Brunswick in 1853. Bought
by Pilkington and
Wilson's White
Star Line in 1854 and put in the Australian
trade. She
is one of the White Star ships listed for carrying
the mail to Australia in
the mail contracts of 1855. She
carried
emigrants to Melbourne
until she was sold in
1867.
In Dec. 1883,
she left Liverpool for Quebec but was wrecked
on the coast
near Southport.
J.R. Isaac, artist, circa 1853
Royal Museums Greenwich, London
Coloured lithograph. Image PY8542
RED
JACKET - 2,305t 1854 Rockland,
Maine, U.S.A.
Inscribed "Clipper ship Red Jacket Captain
Reed
of the White
Star Line of Australian Packets
Among iceon her passage from Melbourne to
Liverpool... 27th August 1854".
J.R. Isaac, artist, engraver and
publisher, 19th century
Royal Museums Greenwich, London
Coloured lithograph. Image
PY8538
RED JACKET - (as abov)
Caption: The
White Star Clipper Ship 'RED JACKET'
of 1597 Tons
Per Register.
J.R. Isaac, no date
Royal Museums Greenwich, London
Coloured lithograph. PAD6461
SPRAY OF THE OCEAN
- 805t 1854 Sunderland
Inscribed: "The Clipper Ship Spray of
the Ocean
built by Mr William Pile of Sutherland.
Liverpool Line of Australian Packets.
J.R. Isaac, engraver abd publisher, 19th century
C.P. Williams, artist
Royal Museums Greenwich, London
Coloured lithograph. Image PY8549
WHITE STAR (ex BLUE
JACKET) - 2,340t 1854
St Johns, New
Brunswick
Caption: "The Australian clipper
'White Star' one of
Messrs. Pilkington & Wilson's White Star
Lineof packets."
J.R. Isaac, artist, 19thy century
Royal Museums Greenwich, London
Coloured lithograph. Image
8271
B. STEAM
CITY OF WASHINGTON- 2,380gt 1855 Glasgow
Caption: 'The screw steam ship 'City of
Washington'
2380 tons, 450 horse powerand the property of the
Liverpool & Philadelphia Steam Ship
Company."
J.R.Isaac, date unknown
Royal Museums Greenwich,
London
Coloured lithograph. ImagePU6749
PERSIA - 3,300gt 1856 Glasgow
Caption: "The British &
North American Royal Mail
Steam Packet 'Persia' 3300 tons,horse power 1000."
J.R Isaac, artist, engraver and publisher,
19th century
Royal Museums Greenwich
Coloured lithograph. Image PU6753
ROYAL CHARTER - 2,719gt 1854 Sandycroft (near Chester)
Iron screw steamer.
Caption: "The Liverpool and
Australian Navigation
Company's steam clipper 'Royal Charter'."
J.R.Isaac, engraver and publisher,
1856
Samuel Walters, artist
Royal Museums Greenwich, London
Coloured lithograph. Image 6133
SOURCES
1. The Royal Museums Greenwich, London
(http://images.rmg.co.uk)
2. The National
Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
(http://nla.gov.au)
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