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Photo Title:	"Clio" (Brigantine)
Description:	Painting of the brigantine "Clio."
Image No.:	PF-008.047
Image Location:	Box10/pf008_047.jpeg
Date of Creation:	1895
Physical Description:	1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
Biography/Admin History:	Brigantine "Clio," built for John Rorke, of Carbonear in 1894 at Appledore, England by Messers. Cox. Official number 95920, 110 gross tons, schooner, registered at St. John's, Newfoundland #42 in 1894 and owned at that time by Charles Bennett, a merchant of Bristol, England. On her first voyage she took a load of codfish from Labrador to Gibraltar and on her return journey she took a load of salt at Valencia and sailed for Carbonear on November 10, 1895. Never heard from again, she was lost at sea with all hands. Watercolour by Lewis Renault of Leghorn, Italy, 1895.
Collector:	Dr. Harry Roberts
Source Donor:	Dr. Harry Roberts, ca. 1981
Collection Title:	Dr. Harry Roberts Slide Collection
Restrictions on Access:	Copyright expired.
Copyright:	p
Physical Condition:	Good
Notes:	See "Newfoundland Fish Boxes: A Chronicle of the Fishery" by Dr. Harry D. Roberts with Michael O. Nowlan.
Subjects:	Clio (Brigantine) / Ships in art.