$250,000
Attributed to Antonio Jacobsen (Danish/American 1850-1921) Fetching the Mark. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1873, depicting the schooner Dreadnought as she prepares to round the mark, with a square-rigged vessel off her stern, 28 3/4 x 49 7/8 in., unframed. Condition: Puncture, small loss u.l. Note: The Dreadnought is identified by the blue cross private signal she flies. The schooner yacht was designed by William Townsend and built by the famed C. & R. Poillon of Brooklyn. Her first owner was Capt. Samuel Samuels, and he named the vessel after his famous Red Cross Line packet, Dreadnought. In 1872, the yacht's second owner was A.B. Stockwell, a well-known member of the New York Yacht Club (NYYC). Off the stern of the Dreadnought is a square-rigged vessel which is flying the private signal flag of the schooner Palmer. The Palmer was owned by Rutherford Stuyvesant; he may have hired the square-rigger to observe the race. This scene may be a depiction of the first match race for the Cape May Challenge Cup which was held on October 10, 1872. An account in the History of the NYYC states that the Dreadnought beat the Palmer in this race by 1 hour and 39 minutes, 'Both yachts completing the course in a little over twenty-four hours. They started in a light sou'wester and subsequently experienced some heavy squalls from various westerly directions.' The heavy weather conditions are beautifully represented in this painting, one of several examples of works by this artist featuri Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-02-19
