Echo Four Masted Barkentine by Richetti c1932
Echo Four Masted Barkentine by Richetti c1932. This watercolour depicts the Echo, a four masted barkentine of 707 tons and 950 M capacity, built at North Bend, Ore., in 1896 by and for the Simpson Lumber Co. In 1916 she was taken over by A. F. Thane and C., San Franciso and was sold by them in February, 1923, to Robert Purdie, San Francisco. She arrived in San Francisco in February, 1924, with a part cargo of copra from Tonga, and was then laid up. A few years later she was sold to become a floating home at Sausalito; but her owner moved to the Galilee about 1935, and there is not much left of the Echo now. This watercolor frame measures 23 by 19 inches and the painting it self measures 17 by 20 inches.
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