Portrait of the steamship Schiedam in choppy seas., Antonio Jacobsen, 1878

The schiedam was launched and delivered in 1874 by mcmillan of dumbarton as the san marcos (yard no. 179) for the liverpool & texas ss co ltd in liverpool. In 1877 she was taken over by nv reederij ss schiedam in rotterdam and named schiedam. In 1880 she was transferred to the nederlandsch-amerikaansche stoomvaart mij of rotterdam, keeping her name. Sold in 1897 to the miramar ss co ltd of trieste and named miramar. Broken up in genoa in 1903. Miramarshipindex. Nz via the wikipedia library. Object Type: painting. Date: 1878. Dimensions: height: 55 cm (21.6 in); width: 90 cm (35.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unknown. Antonio Jacobsen - Portrait of the steamship Schiedam in choppy seas - 1878