VIGILANT, 1893

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Burton, James
USA, NV
1893
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by James Burton on Long Island Sound in 1893 of a starboard bow view of the cutter, VIGILANT, under sail. VIGILANT was a U.S. America's Cup defender in 1893. She was the first Herreshoff designed defender and the last centerboard defender. She was built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in Bristol, RI, 1893. Handwritten directly on original negative in pencil: "B646 / Vigilant" and "19". Handwritten in ink along edge: "646" (twice) and "1328". Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.

B.1984.187.646

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer