LOT 033 UNSIGNED (AMERICAN @ 1851), SHIP PORTRAIT OF THE R.B. FORBES WITH BOSTON IN THE BACKGROUND, OIL ON CANVAS, FRAMED. 29 X 36, ON THE DOCK IS A PLANK INSCRIBED “FOR CALIFORNIA”, AN ENGRAVING OF THIS PAINTING APPEARED IN THE BOSTON’S GLEASON’S PICTORIAL NEWSPAPER OF 1851, CLIPPER SHIP BUILT BY SAMUEL HALL AT EAST BOSTON, NAMED AFTER ONE OF BOSTON’S PROMINENT CITIZENS, BOAT BUILDER AND NAVIGATOR, HER PASSAGE FROM BOSTON TO HONOLULU HELD THE RECORD FOR A MERCHANT SAILING VESSEL.