Schooner yacht Cambria, 199 tons – Vintage Print
![Schooner yacht Cambria, 199 tons, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ad/adaf6f93c6be-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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This antique lithograph of Schooner yacht Cambria, 199 tons brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Schooner yacht Cambria, 199 tons
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Cambria was a British schooner yacht of 199 tons, owned by James Ashbury, that crossed the Atlantic in 1870 to challenge American yachts for the America's Cup. Its visit drew wide attention in New York, where the rivalry between British and American sailing was a popular subject for newspapers and print publishers. Currier & Ives, the New York firm known for its inexpensive lithographs, issued this hand-colored view of the vessel and its rig. Prints like this one show how closely the public followed ocean racing in the decades after the Civil War.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1850-1910. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5827 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,191 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175087 |
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