Legendary clipper sets $270,000 record for a Dawson with a difference
IF asked to nominate the subject of a commercial painting by Montague Dawson (1895-1973), most specialists and collectors would think of a clipper ship, preferably an American clipper in full sail on picturesquely choppy, but not too choppy, seas.
Rather fewer people, perhaps, would have nominated this large 3ft 4in x 4ft 2in (1.02 x 1.27m) canva…