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| Keywords: William Howard Yorke - The British bark ‚Veronica‘.jpg Artwork William Howard Yorke 1847-1921 On 11th October 1902 under the command of the elderly and rather deaf Captain Alexander Shaw she sailed out of the Gulf of Mexico bound for Montevideo with a cargo of timber Aboard her were two officers assisting Captain Shaw a cook and eight seamen Some time later the steamer Brunswick picked up the cook and four sailors from one of the ship's lifeboats the survivors claiming that the Veronica had been destroyed by fire During the voyage home to Liverpool however the cook and another crewman separately confessed to killing their captain and the six other persons aboard and then setting the vessel ablaze to hide what was undoubtedly a particularly brutal murder for no apparent reason Once back in Liverpool the five survivors from the Veronica were tried convicted and hanged for what was at the time a sensational and highly publicized crime <ref>http //www bonhams com/auctions/17770/lot/50/ MR14_page_lots 2 MR14_module_instance_reference 14 Bonhams</ref> reflist 1884 oil canvas in 20 30 object history credit line signed inscribed and dated 'W H Yorke/Liverpool/1864' lower right and inscribed 'Bark Veronica 1137 tons of St Johns N B Albert E Payson Master lower center William Howard Yorke painted another similar portrait of Veronica in 1893 currently in the collection of the New Brunswick Museum in St John http //www veronicamutiny se/Veronica jpg here accession number http //www bonhams com/auctions/17770/lot/50/ MR14_page_lots 2 MR14_module_instance_reference 14 Bonhams PD-old-auto-1923 1921 William Howard Yorke Veronica ship 1879 1884 paintings 19th-century sailing ships in paintings Images from Bonhams | ||||
