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Lot Description

W. Young (American, active Late 19th/Early 20th Century)

Schooner Frank W. Gifford
watercolor on paper
signed W. Young / 229 Hanover St / Clev O, lower right
29 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches.

The Frank W. Gifford was a three-masted cargo transport vessel built in 1868 by Thomas Quayle and John Martin at the Qualye Shipyard in Cleveland, Ohio for C.W. Elphicke Van Scoter. On October 21, 1897, the schooner, loaded with $4,000 worth of iron ore and en route from Escanaba to Fruitport, Michigan, foundered in Lake Michigan midway between Point Betsey, Michigan, and Ahnapee, Wisconsin. Her eight crew members discovered a leak and safely escaped in a yawl. After three hours, they were picked up by the schooner City of Sheboygan and taken to Chicago for refuge.

Condition Report

Framed: 35 1/4 x 45 1/4 inches.

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