The Yacht "Henrietta" of N.Y., 205 Tons

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Publisher Currier & Ives (American, 1857 - 1907)

Publisher Nathanial Currier (American, 1813 - 1888)

Publisher James Merritt Ives (American, 1824 - 1895)

Dateunknown

MediumHand-colored lithograph on paper

DimensionsComposition: 8 in. × 12 1/4 in. (20.3 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 × 16 3/8 in. (28.6 × 41.6 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891, 1959

Object number1959.102

Not on view

Collections

American Art

Additional Details

Provenance 1959: Hamilton College by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams

Signature Signed in typeset at lower left: PUBD. BY CURRIER & IVES

Inscribed Entitled in typeset at lower center: THE YACHT "HENRIETTA" OF N.Y. 205 TONS. / OWNED BY MR. JAS. GORDON BENNETT, JR. / WINNER of The Great Ocean Yacht race, from New York to Cowes, December 1866. / Left Sandy Hook Dec 11th.. 1866, and arrived off the Needles, Isle of Wight, England at 5:45 P.M. Dec. 25th.. 1866. Making the run in 13 days 22 hours, mean time; signed in typeset under image at lower left: PUBD. BY CURRIER & IVES; inscribed in typeset at lower right: 152 NASSAU ST. N.Y.; in pencil at lower left corner: 41; in pencil on verso at lower left: HC 75 OPS-C