'Solace' in clippervillle

Promotional image from the show called “Solace’,’ featuring works by  the East Boston artist-run cooperative Atlantic Works through April 24 at the neighboring Clippership Wharf’s ClipArt Gallery, East Boston. That’s the community where many of  the…

Promotional image from the show called “Solace’,’ featuring works by the East Boston artist-run cooperative Atlantic Works through April 24 at the neighboring Clippership Wharf’s ClipArt Gallery, East Boston. That’s the community where many of the most famous clipper ships were built in the mid-19th Century.

Painting by James E. Buttersworth  done in 1859-60 of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, built in 1850-51 at famed naval architect Donald McKay’s  shipyard in East Boston.

Painting by James E. Buttersworth done in 1859-60 of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, built in 1850-51 at famed naval architect Donald McKay’s shipyard in East Boston.