VISITOR II, schooner yacht at sea, after 1908

gelatin silver print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons after 1900. Image of 197' Lawley & Sons schooner yacht VISITOR II (built 1908) (A6) at sea. Visible in image: port beam view of three masted schooner with gaff-rigged fore, main and mizzen sails, three topsail, main fisherman's staysail, staysail, jib, outer jib and flying jib set, triangular burgee on foremast, swallow tailed burgee with white x on dark background and circle in center on mainmast, pennant on mizzen mast, US yacht ensign on mizzen sail, crew out on bowsprit, at wheel and in lifeboat on davits. Handwritten on back: "Visitor / B888". Embossed in lower right corner: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / N.Y.". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection