19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A WHALING CAPTAIN. Oil on canvas. 30" x 25" plus a 3.5" wide antique gilt frame. Information passed down with painting identifies the sitter as Captain Clark of New Bedford who sailed to the Pacific on the ship George. The only Captain Clark listed who is affiliated with the George was David Clark who skippered the George from 1847-1853. Beautifully painted depiction of the handsome young captain holding his wood barrel spyglass. In the background is a port view of an American ship sailing around a lighthouse that sits on a point of land. Sailing in the background is a pilot schooner. Condition lined and very good. Another portrait done by the same artist sold in December, 1981 in Part 1 of the Barbara Johnson Collection(lot 48).