*Johann Friedrich* 1855 – The German Barque of Rostock off Marseilles – 46,5 x 63,5 cm – signed "Jn Moutte", inscribed "Johann Friederich (sic!)von Wustraw (sic!), Capt. N.Dade.1855daNew Orleans", The Werder Collection Germany

The Barque JOHANN FRIEDRICH was built in 1853 by W.Zeltz in Rostock, using a wooden construction with metal bolts and copper sheat metal, for the shipping company Joh. Fr. Bauer. 176 Lasten, 337 RGT, Length 36,50 m, Width 8,69m, D 4,94 m, flag nr. M 168, signal MCGF, one Chronometer. From 1853 to 1867 Capt. Nic. A. Dade of Wustrow was in command, 12 crew members. The Galeon showed a farmer wearing a black dress, round hat with white ribbon, holding a sickle on his chest. Often countrymen held shares of those ships, they then hat themselves portrayed as a galeon. In 1890 the JOHANN FRIEDRICH was sold to Brantisvik (Sweden)