Offered for auction is a beautiful 13" x 14" Melbourne Smith lithograph of the Columbia, a keel sloop and 1899 and 1901 defender of America's Cup.
Melbourne
Smith, a world renown " Naval Architect " and " Shipbuilder "
masterfully portrayed the Americas Cup yacht in gouache and watercolor. Under his brush, a profile of hull and sails becomes almost
three dimensional, showing much of the vessel's hull form. His
painting is reproduced in its original size by lithography on fine paper
with particular care to assure true reproduction of color.
Columbia was the tenth and eleventh defender of the America's Cup in 1899/1901, sailing against challenger Shamrock and Shamrock II.
Included
with the lithograph is a narrative description of both the defender and
challenger and and of the courses over which they sailed in the
America's Cup.
Lithograph print will be packaged and shipped in a heavy-duty artwork / poster mailing tube for safe mailing.
This
Melbourne Smith nautical print would look beautiful in your home or
office. Be sure to check out our other America's Cup yachts in our
store under prints.
(AC1899) 5/25