{"product_id":"20786","title":"\"The Clipper Electric, 1854\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited Edition Print on Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe American Clipper \u003cem\u003eElectric\u003c\/em\u003e passing the bay of Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro, with the Sugar Loaf Mountain off her starboard bow, 1854.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe medium clipper \u003cem\u003eElectric \u003c\/em\u003ewas built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1853. She first operated in the trans-Atlantic trade between New York and Le Havre but in 1854 she left New York for San Francisco; this is when she passed the Bay of Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro and the Sugar Loaf Mountain as shown in this superb Limited Edition print. \u003cem\u003eElectric \u003c\/em\u003ethen resumed her place on the trans-Atlantic route. In the 1860s she was sold to a Hamburg company and sailed between that port and New York. On the 7th November 1872, at Latitude 40 degrees North and Longitude 55 degrees West, \u003cem\u003eElectric\u003c\/em\u003e was abandoned leaking, although mercifully all her crew were saved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S. FRANCIS SMITHEMAN (British, 1927 - 2016)","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition","offer_id":55616671875414,"sku":"FS00CElectric-20786","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Smitheman_20-_20Electric_20-_20large_20stamped_3c80e877-19aa-45a0-b23d-e7fdbdaf8aa5.jpg?v=1791280128","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/20786","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}