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This picture, as I understand, is copyrighted, so please don't publish it anywhere. It was painted by Fritz Muller, who was also a sea captain, immigrated to America, joined the Union, and was killed in battle. We don't know if he ever captain'ed this ship, how many crossings it made, or the fate of the ship. Stay tuned. We'll find out some of this information sooner or later. It was e-mailed to me from an Art Gallery in Germany on 5/31/2001. The text from the sales brochure reads as follows: "Capt. Fritz Mueller (1814 Blumenthal/Bremen - 1865 USA), Bark "Friedrich Grosse" from Bremen, Oil on canvas 57 x 82 cm, signed and dated 1850. This quality painting show the bark under full sail off a harbour town with hills in the distance, the vessel is flying the ensign of Bremen (on the last mast) and on the second mast the flag of the shipping company (J.E. Grosse of Bremen). On the right side the same vessel is shown in a second view. The painting is in good condition (slight crackle) and in the period frame."
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