Pair of Lincoln J. Ceely (American 1865-1950) Oils on Masonite “The Loss of the Tern Schooner Warren Sawyer Aground at Surfside, Nantucket, Dec. 24, 1884” and “Portrait of the Barkentine Culdoon, Wrecked at Nobadeer in 1898,” both signed lower left.
19 in. x 24 in.

Provenance: Owned by Charles Russell Hinchman, Son of Lydia Swain Mitchell and Cousin of Maria Mitchell, to the present owner.

Note: “1898 March 23rd, the Barquentine Culdoon of St. John, New Brunswick bound from Capetown to Boston with a cargo of 1142 bales of wool, ran ashore high and dry at Nobadeer beach about 4 o’clock in the morning in a dense fog. The crew loaded in their boat, which got capsized in the surf, but all got ashore safely. When the vessel struck, the shock snapped off her fore top mast, which hung with rigging and sails in a tangled mass from the cross-trees. She was stripped of sails and her cargo discharged on the beach with all possible expedition, the wreckers working day and night, as it was not thought possible that she could be gotten off. The attempt was made, however, by the tug Right Arm, which succeeded in hauling her off at high tide about 10 o’clock on the night of the 26th, and towed her to Boston. The bales of wool were carted to town and shipped to Boston.” From Wrecks Around Nantucket, compiled by Arthur H. Gardiner, 1915.