(M104) The Lady Washington Brig

Original pastel painting of the square-rigged sailing vessel, the Lady Washington, seen at anchor in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.

My thanks to Michael Ryan for permission to use his wonderful reference photograph.

Image size 13.5" x 19.5" (35cm x 50cm), Panpastels and pastel pencils on Pastelmat board (unframed).

The first Lady Washington was a 90-ton brig named after Martha Washington.  She was the first American-flagged vessel to round Cape Horn, making landfall in Oregon in 1788.  She took part in the fur trade and carried tea and porcelain across the Pacific from China.  She was the first US ship to reach Japan, but was lost off the Philippines in 1797.  The present Lady Washington is a full scale replica, launched in 1989 and sails up and down the coast of California, Oregon and Washington, offering educational programs.

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