William Pierce Stubbs (1842-1909, MA, ME) The

ship Glide, second half of the 19th c. A seascape oil painting on canvas depicting the ship under full sail entering Rockport harbor. Signed lower left Stubbs. In the background is the Cape Ann Light Station. Sight size 22" x 36", overall 25 1/2" x 40". In a modern gilded frame. Shows four old repairs on the verso; inpainting and repaired areas in the sky and water under UV light. The Glide of Salem, MA was owned by Captain John Bertram, and used in the trade with Zanzibar in the 1860s. It was wrecked entering Tamatave off the east coast of Africa in 1885.