COZZENS, Frederick

A Breezy Day, Outside.

[XVII] New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Colour-printed lithograph, removed from the original mount, very fine condition. Sheet size: 14 5/16 x 20 5/8 inches.

Frederic Cozzens was one of America's greatest marine artists. Like nearly every other great marine artist, he was thoroughly acquainted with every aspect of ship construction and the art of sailing. He is best known for his paintings of great American yachts of the latter half of the 19th century, which were commissioned by many of New York's leading yachtsmen. In 1884, he expanded his audience by making a series of lithographs of his paintings. The first and most brilliant series was American Yachts, Their Clubs and Races from which this print comes. A Breezy Day, Outside depicts, from left to right, the schooners Columbia, Sappho and Palmer. Columbia was built by Van Deysen in 1871, Palmer built by Byerly and Sons in 1865 and the most noteworthy, Sappho built by Poillon Brothers in 1867. The schooner Sappho famously made a run of 318 miles in sixteen days, three hours and twenty six minutes, one of her four victories in international races.

Jacobsen, Frederic Cozzens. Marine Painter, New York: 1982.

Item #19909

Price: $1,200.00