SARACEN, #25, 30' Class, on a starboard tack, Seawanhaka Race, 1899

albumen print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Johnston, J. S.
USA, NY
June 17, 1889
overall: 18 3/4 x 23 3/16 in.

18 3/4 x 23 3/16 in. albumen print made 1899. Image is a starboard view of the cutter SARACEN on a starboard tack and also showing at the left a portion of an unidentified schooner. SARACEN, #25, 30' Class sloop, was designed by Edward Burgess and built in 1889. Printed at lower left in white: "2425 SARACEN". Image is possibly from a negative from J.S. Johnston, see object #1946.479.12 where on the reverse is written in ink, "Saracen 30-foot class / Designed by Burgess for W.P. Fowle / LOA 38-0, 10-0, 7-3/ 30-0". Handwritten at bottom on the verso in pencil states, "Start of Seawanhaka Race NY 6/17/89". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, General Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED schooner
1993.17.245

Mystic Seaport, Ceneral Collection