"The Yacht Squadron At Newport", chromolithograph by Currier & Ives, ca. 1872

chromolithograph

PRINTS - LITHOGRAPHS
Currier & Ives
USA, RI, Newport
ca. 1872
paper
Overall: 16 1/2 x 28 in.

16 1/2 x 28 inch chromolithograph made by Currier & Ives ca. 1872. Image title is of, "THE YACHT SQUADRON AT NEWPORT" and shows a grouping of yachts in the harbor off Newport, Rhode Island. The identified yachts are DAUNTLESS, PEERLESS, FLEETWING, PALMER, WANDERER, MAGIC, RAMBLER, AMERICA, DREADNOUGHT, CLYPSO, COLUMBIA, TAROLINTA, SAPPHO, and MADELINE. Many of the yachts named were involved in the International Yacht Cup Races (later known as the America's Cup) in the 1870's. At left, below image: "PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES". At center, below image: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by Currier & Ives, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." At right, below image: "125 NASSAU St. New York." Credit Line: Mystic Seaport, General Collection.

1983.89.3

Mystic Seaport, General Collection