GALATEA, photographed by N.L. Stebbins, copy of, 1886

black-and-white photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Stebbins, Nathaniel Livermore
USA, NY, New York
1958
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 gelatin silver print made by Rosenfeld and Sons from a copy negative made from a book. The original photographer was Nathaniel L. Stebbins of Boston, Massachusetts. Image is of the cutter GALATEA, undersail, starboard beam view. GALATEA was a 100' British cutter built for the America's Cup 1886 challenge in 1885 by John Reid & Son Company of Glasgow, Scotland from designs by John J. Beavor-Webb. Original negative sleeve information handwritten: "Galatea, 1886." The original image was copied by the Rosenfelds from a book published in 1887 by Edward Burgess titled, AMERICAN AND ENGLISH YACHTING, plate IV. Info. from original, empty negative sleeve stamped: "158847F / [Box] 5635". Handwritten: "Pg 110 / Galatea 1886 / See Book". Information from print verso in pencil top left edge: "GALATEA 1886". Black tip pen: "158847". Stamped in blue ink lower right area: "MORRIS ROSENFELD & SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 163 WEST 23rd ST., N.Y. 10011 / Phone: 989-2404". All inquiries should be referred to SPNEA (Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities), Harrison Gray Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA. 02114 with regard to printing of this image from the original negative. The SPNEA reference number is #1142-NS. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographer.

GALATEA sloop, Galaxy Class, #12
1984.187.158847F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographer