The Start for the Great Atlantic Race, December 11th, 1866. To the Commodore & Members of the New-York Yacht Club ..

by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton

$2,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A dramatic scene illustrating the start of the Trans-Atlantic race of 1866, by the celebrated maritime painter Thomas Dutton Depicts three yachts from left to right Henrietta, Vesta and Fleetwing in the waters off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. The ships set sail across the Atlantic on the 11th December 1866 and the race was won by Henrietta on Christmas Day after 13 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes. Thomas Dutton was one of the greatest nineteenth century maritime painters. His

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