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A Crack" sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York" – Antique Print

A Crack" sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York", [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1882. — antique lithograph
A Crack" sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York", [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1882.. Antique lithograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with A Crack" sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York", an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A Crack" sloop in a race to windward: Yacht Gracie of New York"

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Here the title names a sloop called Gracie, a New York yacht shown beating to windward, sailing close-hauled into the wind, which tested a racing hull's speed and handling. Currier & Ives, the New York firm known for its popular lithographs, issued the print in 1882, when yacht racing drew wide public interest and regular newspaper coverage. Sporting scenes like this one appealed to a public that followed the sport closely, and the print offers a view of how a racing sloop was driven under sail in that era.

Created / published[New York] : Currier & Ives, 1882.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1880-1890.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1404.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,123 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175456

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