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A portrait of the four-mast steamship ‘Baltic'. She was built at Belfast by Harland and Wolff and launched in 1871 as the ‘Pacific’. That same year she made her maiden voyage for the White Star Line and was renamed ‘Baltic’. This voyage was from Liverpool to Queenstown and New York. The White Star Line was founded in September 1869 as the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company. From the earliest days it was known as the White Star Line, owing to the red swallow-tailed flag with a white star. The company entered in the North Atlantic passenger trade soon after, and established a network of ticket agencies in many European countries and in America. When the White Star Line entered the highly competitive North Atlantic market around 1871, they as newcomers in the emigration trade had to compete with other well established companies.
In 1886 the Inman Line was purchased by the International Navigation Co. Red Star Line, and the name was changed to the Inman and International Steamship Co. Two years later the ‘Baltic’ was sold to Holland America Line and renamed ‘Veendam’. In February 1898 she foundered in the North Atlantic after a collision with a wreck, with no loss of life.
The painting shows the ship flying the flag of the White Star Company from her mainmast and the American flag from her foremast. It is signed ‘A. Jacobsen 1879’.
Title
The Steamship 'Baltic'
Date
1879
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 54.5 x W 91.5 cm
Accession number
BHC3219
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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