GRACIE, sloop 1892

gelatin silver print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on August 4, 1892 or August 10, 1893. Image of 81' Abraham A. Shanck designed, James E. Smith Yard built sloop GRACIE (built 1868 in Nyack, NY) at sea. Visible in image: port bow view of GRACIE running before the wind under gaff-rigged main (35), topsail, genoa, and spinnaker, burgee and house flag flying from mainmast and mainsail respectively, man standing aft, six sailing vessels in the background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 5 and 107. Stamped on back in blue: "COPYRIGHT / MORRIS ROSENFELD, N.Y." and in rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / Phone BEekman 3-4970". Written on back: "GRACIE 1892 / Y454".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer