International 8 Metre SILHOUETTE III

glass negative

5x7 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on 1928. Image of 48.5' Burgess & Morgan designed, Abeking & Rasmussen built International One Design 8 metre sloop SILHOUETTE II (built 1928 in Lemwerder, Germany) undersail. Visible in image: port bow view of SILHOUETTE II ( (8) / 7) on starboard close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail and jib heeled over, rail down, other sails and motor vessels in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 52 and 112. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “30981F / Silhouette 4 8/7 / Box 2249”.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection