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THBJOSEPH B. SMITH (New York/New Jersey, 1798-1876), Two-masted schooner Calvin S. Edwards off Governors Island, New York., Oil on canvas, 24" x 34.5". F
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JOSEPH B. SMITH
New York/New Jersey, 1798-1876
Two-masted schooner Calvin S. Edwards off Governors Island, New York. Signed lower right "Smith". A rare signed work of the artist's.
Oil on canvas, 24" x 34.5". Framed 30.25" x 40.75".
Provenance:
Private Collection, New Jersey.
Notes:
Built in 1860 in Dorchester, New Jersey, the "Calvin S. Edwards" was first owned by a consortium headed by J. Gandy and operated primarily as a coastal lumber schooner. She was lost off Atlantic City in 1891.
In a December 18, 1962 letter, Edouard A. Stackpole, curator of Mystic Seaport, notes the schooner was a centerboard vessel registering 285 tons, which was later revised to 230.70 gross and 219.16 net tons, and "Her dimensions were: 109.7' L.B.P. x 28.7' beam x 9.3 depth". Her first captain appears to have been J. Garwood, who owned a master's share in her.
In the late 1880s she was sold to F. Smith & Co. of Philadelphia, and then in 1904 to owners in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York. Shortly thereafter, while under the command of Captain Watts, she went ashore on the south side of Fisher's Island and broke up almost at once.
While she was built for the coasting trade, she may have carried some passengers, which would account for the figures on deck. (Some larger two- and three-masted schooners of the time occasionally operated in the coastal packet trade.) It is also possible the female figure may be the captain's wife, as coasting skippers were often accompanied by their wives.Condition
Relined. UV light reveals minor scattered retouching.
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