An image of an 1826 painting, The West Indiaman Britannia.

A digital image of the painting, The West Indiaman Britannia by Joseph Walter. The painting is housed at the National Maritime Museum. A "West Indiaman Ship" was the name given to merchant ships traveling from England to the West Indies The name A. S. Lyon mentions is "The Britannia." He mentions the ship when he describes seeing his brother off on his journey from Barbados to London (Diary May 26, 1829).

Joseph Walter

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Wikimedia Commons, 5 October 2011, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Walter_-_The_West_Indiaman_%22Britannia%22.jpg

1838

Clay Davenport

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