01 Marine Painting - Edward William Cooke, With Footnotes, #268

Leslie A. Wilcox (1904-1982)
The American Clipper ''Mischief'' 
Oil on canvas 
23.5 x 35.5in.
Private collection

Mischief was an extreme clipper ship built in 1853 by James M. Hood, at Somerset, MA. Dimensions 144'/146'×29'×16'6" and tonnage 548 tons/560,69 tons; reported to have had the sharpest ends of any clipper at the time. Mischief was employed in the California/China trade. In command of Captain Martin Townsend.

Mischief was damaged off Cape Horn and had to put into Valparaiso in a leaking state on the 15th of August, 88 days out. Sailed on September 25.

On November 19th,1880, Mischief was wrecked at Klintmøller en route Grimsby - Copenhagen. The entire crew perished. More on Mischief 


Leslie Arthur Wilcox, RI, RSMA (13 March 1904 – 11 January 1982) was an eminent British artist known mainly as a marine artist working in oils. He was also a watercolourist, illustrator, poster artist, marine model-maker and author. He was for some years Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. His works are in many collections around the world, including the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and the Royal Collection. He wrote and illustrated two books on maritime history: Mr Pepys' Navy (1966 G. Bell & Sons Ltd., London) and Anson's Voyage (1969 G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London). More on Leslie Arthur Wilcox





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