Two Ships

Ashley Bowen (1728 – 1813) was a ship rigger from Marblehead, Massachusetts. He went to sea at a young age, was a seaman in the Royal Navy and served at Quebec in 1759 with the famous explorer Captain James Cook. The fact that he did his writings and drawings is remarkable - that some of them survived is miraculous. Most of what exists was found on top of a rubbish heap that was ready to be hauled away to the town dump.

Top image: Ranger owned by Barnabus Binney, a drygoods merchant from Boston

Bottom image: Patty owned by Monsieur Bunbury of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.