"The PURITAN and GENESTA on the Homestretch"

color lithograph

PRINTS - LITHOGRAPHS
Currier & Ives; Bassford, Franklyn
USA, NY, New York
1885-09-16
paper
overall: 22 x 29 in.; image: 16-3/4 x 24-1/4 in.

Lithograph; color lithograph by Currier & Ives of painting by Franklyn Bassford, "The PURITAN and GENESTA on the Homestretch" published by Currier & Ives, 1885; port view of PURITAN (built 1885) and GENESTA (built 1884) racing to windward, spectator schooner in left background with large "5" on mainsail, three spectator vessels in right background, black steam yacht prominently flying New York Yacht Club burgee and American flag, possibly race committee; printed across bottom of image "PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, NEW YORK", "Puritan", "Genesta" and "COPYRIGHT 1885, BY CURRIER & IVES, 115 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK."; printed on bottom center "FROM THE PAINTING BY FRANKLYN BASSFORD./ THE PURITAN AND GENESTA ON THE HOMESTRETCH./ IN THEIR SECOND AND FINAL INTERNATIONAL RACE FOR 'THE AMERICA'S CUP' SEPT. 16TH 1885./ Won by the Puritan."

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