Steamship Baltic

Steamship Baltic Off Holyhead, circa 1855
Samuel Walters (British), 1811 - 1882
Oil on canvas
Elwin M. Eldridge Collection, TMM, QO 905

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Samuel Walters shows the American steamer Baltic rounding Holyhead on the northwest coast of Wales, with South Stack Light just to the right of Holyhead. Baltic is inbound to Liverpool, passing the lighthouse on the Skerries on the left side of the painting. This is the initial area where a pilot could be taken on; the Liverpool pilot schooner number 8 is shown sailing out, probably to meet Baltic.

 

 

 

 

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