Schooner yacht Sappho, 310 tons O.M. Wm. P. Douglass, Esq., owner, Vice-Comdr. N.Y.Y.C. / A.C. Smith, pinxt. – Vintage Print
![Schooner yacht Sappho, 310 tons O.M. Wm. P. Douglass, Esq., owner, Vice-Comdr. N.Y.Y.C. / A.C. Smith, pinxt., [published 1874] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cd/cdd115a2881c-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 rare historic print captures Schooner yacht Sappho, 310 tons O.M. Wm. P. Douglass, Esq., owner, Vice-Comdr. N.Y.Y.C. / A.C. Smith, pinxt. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Schooner yacht Sappho, 310 tons O.M. Wm. P. Douglass, Esq., owner, Vice-Comdr. N.Y.Y.C. / A.C. Smith, pinxt.
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The subject here is the schooner yacht Sappho, a 310-ton vessel owned by William P. Douglass, who was vice-commodore of the New York Yacht Club. A.C. Smith's painting was reproduced as an illustration in Hamilton Morton's 1874 nautical poem *The America's Cup*, on page 52. The poem's theme reflects the rivalry that followed the schooner America's 1851 victory in the race for the cup, a contest that made large racing schooners symbols of American yachting prestige. Smith's view of the Sappho shows the vessel under sail, which is worth noting for anyone interested in how yachts were drawn and admired in the 1870s.
| Created / published | [published 1874] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1870-1880.Prints 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The America Cup, a nautical poem, by Hamilton Morton, 1874, p. 52. Reproduction of a painting by A.C. Smith. |
| Subjects | Yachts--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,101 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164930 |
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