DEFENDER, spinnaker set, starboard beam view undersail, 1895

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Burton, James
USA, Long Island Sound
1895
glass; emulsion on glass
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by James Burton in 1895. Image of 123' Herreshoff cutter DEFENDER (built 1895 in Bristol, RI) at America's Cup of New York/ New Jersey coast. Visible in image: starboard beam view of the America's Cup defender, DEFENDER on port broad reach under 13,500 square feet of sail: spinnaker, balloon jib, jib, gaff-rigged mainsail, and club topsail, spectator fleet in background: photographers boat seen in area under her bowsprit, with 8 x 10 reflex camera in hand and unidentified steam yachts. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 25 and SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 12 and 107. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "B-642 DEFENDER / pg.122-123 / CUS P.G.25 / 119-3-22 SEC F11".

B.1984.187.642

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer