FREDERICK BILLINGS, 3-masted bark, postcard, cancelled stamp, 1918

photographic postcard of painting

POSTCARDS
ca. 1918
emulsion on postcard stock
overall: 8 9/16 x 13 1/2 in.;Overall: 8.59 x 13.49 cm.

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. postcard with a copy of a photo of painting showing a port beam view of the 3-masted bark, FREDERICK BILLINGS of Rockport, Maine in heavy seas with white caps. Steam yacht in the distance far to the right. Info. from postcard verso: "Ship / Frederick Billings / Rockport Me 1886- / from Geo Marshall / (addressed to) Emma W. Lewis, 32 Harvard Ave / Brookline Mass". Stamped on cardstock: "POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE". Stamped by post office: "ROCKLAND / TR 71 / 3 MAY / 1918 / R.P.O.". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, General Collection.

1979.90.146

Mystic Seaport, General Collection