Cutter Genesta, R.Y.S. – Historic Print
![Cutter Genesta, R.Y.S., [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1885. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/75/75e83a561a24-L.webp)
(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 Cutter Genesta, R.Y.S., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cutter Genesta, R.Y.S.
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Few images of the 1885 America's Cup challenge are as direct as this one, which shows the British cutter *Genesta* under sail, flying the flag of the Royal Yacht Squadron (R.Y.S.) that the title records. The yacht came from England to race for the cup held by the New York Yacht Club, and her challenge drew wide attention on both sides of the Atlantic. Currier & Ives, the New York firm known for popular lithographs of ships, trains and rural life, turned that interest into a print sold to a public eager for sporting news. The picture is a useful record of how the rivalry was presented to American buyers in the 1880s.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1885. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1461. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,207 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175455 |
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