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'The Comet (Smack, 1809)'
Huggins, William John, 1809, Oil painting, Reproduction
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'The Comet (Smack, 1809)'
'The Comet (Smack, 1809)'
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36254
Title
Page from Leith Miscellany, volume I, 'The Comet (Smack, 1809)'
Artist / maker
Huggins, William John
Date
1809
Type
Oil painting
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Reproduction
The only known picture of a Leith Smack. The smacks were passenger boats sailing between Leith and London from the late 18th century until superseded by steamers in the 1830s.
'Smack-rigged' vessels were rigged fore-and-aft and had a single mast.
The original of this painting, owned by the City Art Centre, has received
conservation treatment
and a layer of yellow varnish has been removed since this photograph was taken.
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