Liverpool School
The Heiress

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ArtistAttributed to the Liverpool School(British)British

CultureBritish

Titles

The Heiress

Datec. 1860s

PlaceLiverpool, England

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 19 7/8 × 30 in. (50.5 × 76.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Edward M. House II

Object numberB.99.13

Not on view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

PAINTING

DescriptionThe ship Heiress launched from Mystic, Connecticut, in 1860. This portrait is probably the work of an artist in Liverpool, England, an important center for spinning and weaving cotton, which was the most valuable commodity in the Texas economy at the time, produced by an enslaved workforce.
ProvenanceEstate of Edward M. House II, Houston; given to MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Painted on side of ship near front: HEIRESS [?]

[no marks]

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