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| Keywords: John Scott - The „Snow Mary Ann“ calling for a pilot in two positions off Tynemouth.jpg oil canvas cm 50 75 object history credit line signed l r J Scott This painting shows the Mary Ann approaching port She is showing an early example of Cunningham's self furling topsails She is reducing speed in readiness to be towed into port The second position shows her under tow and proceeding inwards A snow is a type of brig It has an extra mizzen mast which carries the spanker This allows the main squaresail to be furled as is shown here without touching the spanker It was favoured by British merchantmen with small crews A version of this picture is in the National Maritime Museum <ref>http //www sothebys com/en/ecat/cataloguenotes html/2005/marine-paintings-l05135/catalogue/lot_159038983 Sotheby's</ref> reflist accession number http //www sothebys com/en/ecat/lot render html/2005/marine-paintings-l05135/lotNum/23 Sotheby's PD-Art-100 John Scott painter 19th-century sailing ships in paintings Brigs of the United Kingdom Images from Sotheby's Oil paintings of seascapes | ||||
