Broken Sail, SHAMROCK I, 1899
albumen print
PHOTOGRAPHSBeken & Son
USA, NY, New York
1899-10-17
albumen print glued on linen paper
overall: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.; overall: linen backing: 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.
9 1/2 x 12 albumen print adhered to 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 linen and paper backing photographed by an unidentified phototographer. On the day of the second America's Cup Race, October 17, 1899, in New York Harbor, SHAMROCK snapped her mainsail. This is a closeup view of the broken sail. Handwritten on linen backing at the bottom in pencil: "47 / Broken XX in 8/12 [???]" and in ink: "Shamrock."
1984.187.190741F.1
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