Off Brenton's Reef [4]
by COZZENS, Frederic S. (1846-1928)
Price: $2,400.00
- Bookseller: Donald Heald Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: 20441
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Book Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Colour-printed lithograph. 14 5/16 x 20 1/2 inches. Frederic Cozzens was one of America's greatest marine artists. Like nearly every other great marine artist, he was thoroughly acquainted with every aspect of ship construction and the art of sailing. He is best known for his paintings of great American yachts of the latter half of the 19th century, which were was commissioned by many of New York's leading yachtsmen. In 1884, he expanded his audience by making a series of lithographs of his paintings. The first and most brilliant series was American Yachts, Their Clubs and Races from which this print comes. Off Brenton's Reef shows three New York cutters, from right to left: Oriva, Wenonah and Ileen. They were built by Piepgrass in 1881, 1882 and 1883, respectively. Jacobsen, Frederic Cozzens. Marine Painter, New York: 1982.
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