Down to sail the seven seas with artist John Erik Christian Petersen (1839-1874). Born in Denmark, he mostly painted in America.

Art, Seascape 1 Minute
"View of Forty Steps Beach, Nahant." ca. 1870.
“View of Forty Steps Beach, Nahant.” ca. 1870. Collection of the Nahant Historical Society. In the public domain due to age. via http://myweb.northshore.edu/users/ccarlsen/poetry/nahant/image_pages/view_of_forty_steps_beach_painting.html
"Rescue After Storm." 1869.
“Rescue After Storm.” 1869. Oil on canvas. Inscribed “”John E.C. Peterson (sic) pinxit, MDCCCLXIX”. Image © 1999 – 2019 SKINNER, INC. Fair use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2371/lots/304
"Ship Orozimbo H. L. Townsend Master. off Key West Florida, Sept. 10th 1860." 19th c.
“Ship Orozimbo H. L. Townsend Master. off Key West Florida, Sept. 10th 1860.” 19th c. Oil on canvas. Signed “J. Petersen ” on the lower right. Image © CRN Auctions, Cambridge. Fair use license. via http://www.crnauctions.com/trove/lots/detail/11108/245

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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