Sloop yachts Mischief and Atalanta in the race for The America Cup"" – Antique Print
(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 Sloop yachts Mischief and Atalanta in the race for The America Cup"", 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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Sloop yachts Mischief and Atalanta in the race for The America Cup""
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Few pictures capture the sloops *Mischief* and *Atalanta* as clearly as this chromolithograph, which pairs the two boats in the race for the America's Cup. Published by Currier & Ives in New York around 1882, it reflects the public fascination with yacht racing in that decade, when the Cup contests drew large crowds and newspaper coverage. The print was drawn by Charles R. Parsons, a marine artist whose work the firm often sold to a broad middle-class audience. Its bright color and dramatic sails show how popular yachting had become as a subject for American prints.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1882. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Artist: Charles R. Parsons. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5956 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175549 |
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