A hand tinted photo passed down to Kathleen Givan, thought also to be Henry Peel Givan.

The 628 ton barque, Syringa, passing up the River Avon to Bristol. Henry Peel Givan was Master of this ship from 1888 until May 10, 1890. (On August 27, 1890 it was sold To R. Gillies, Liverpool, England.)

Henry Peel Givan’s great-grandchildren sitting before his portrait of the Syringa. (Photo from Christmas, 2006) Also seen are bronzes of their father Albert Colucci (left) and grandfather Francesco Colucci (right), both by Albert Colucci.