Frederick Schiller Cozzens (New York 1846-1928 Staten Island)
Lot 103

Frederick Schiller Cozzens (New York 1846-1928 Staten Island)

'American Yachts, Their Clubs and Races': A stern chase and a long one - 1876, America's Cup contest (illustrated); From Sandy Hook to the Needles, December, 1866 (illustrated); Moonlight on Nantucket Shoals; In the Narrows, a black squall; A misty morning - drifting; Lying-to off Georges Banks; and Around the Cape, Marblehead

Closed24 November 2010

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Frederick Schiller Cozzens (New York 1846-1928 Staten Island)
'American Yachts, Their Clubs and Races': A stern chase and a long one - 1876, America's Cup contest (illustrated); From Sandy Hook to the Needles, December, 1866 (illustrated); Moonlight on Nantucket Shoals; In the Narrows, a black squall; A misty morning - drifting; Lying-to off Georges Banks; and Around the Cape, Marblehead
all titled on the mount and further titled with the names of the yachts
chromolithographs, on paper, published by Charles Scribner & Sons, New York, 1884
S.14 x 20in. (35.5 x 50.7cm.) (7)

Specialist note

Frederick Schiller Cozzens was one of America's best known marine artists, renowned primarily for his beautiful and technically accurate renderings of the famous yachts of the day and for his early depictions of the fledgling New York Yacht Club's racing events. His series of lithographs American Yachts, Their Clubs and Races from which these prints come were widely received.