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Artistsharp painterly-photographic maritime painting, year1900. white wooden brigantine at anchor in calm South Pacific water, gold sunset, turquoise-teal sea, one small cabin lamp, no people.112-foot two-masted brigantine, Matthew Turner Yankee type, sharp bow, low sheer, white hull. RIG MUST BE A BRIGANTINE NOT A BRIG:- two masts only- FOREMAST has square yards- MAINMAST has no square yards, no square sails, only a large gaff mainsail plus one triangular staysail- jibs on the bowsprit. Small carved wooden figurehead at the bow only: Manannán mac Lir riding his sea-horse Enbarr. The carved man and horse are tiny compared with the ship, about 2 feet tall, painted weathered wood, mist-cloak, silver-green hair, gold fillet. The horse merges into the stem. Figurehead must not dominate the bow.