Print, <i>Under the Palisades</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1884
name: label: artist
content: Cozzens, Frederic Schiller
label: maker
content: Charles Scribner's Sons
notes: label: Description
content: The original of this 1883 chromolithograph titled <i>Under the Palisades</i> was painted by Frederic S. Cozzens. It shows two large iron-hulled yachts at anchor beside the Palisades along the Hudson River, and a smaller boat sailing in the foreground. The smaller of the two yachts is the iron screw steamer <i>Stranger</i>. Built in 1881 by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia, at the time the yacht was the pinnacle of yacht construction. <i>Stranger</i> measured 185 feet long, 23 feet wide, 9 feet 3½ inches deep and weighed 247 tons. Averaging 15 knots, its owner George Osgood of New York astounded his friends by breakfasting in Newport, RI, then sailing to New York City in time for dinner. The yacht was sold to E. S. Jaffrey by 1886, and again sold to George S. Scott. It was then purchased in 1890 by H.C. Hoagland of New York, NY for $75,000. In 1893 it was sold to George Lewis, Jr. and his wife Mary. The larger yacht is <i>Atlanta</i>. Built in 1883 at a cost of $250,000, also by William Cramp and Sons, this 248 foot long, 508-ton yacht was capable of speeds exceeding 20 knots with its 1,400 hp engines. It was owned by Jay Gould, a leading American railroad developer and speculator. Vastly exceeding the splendor of <i>Stranger</i>, <i>Atlanta</i> was fitted with magnificent hardwood saloons and staterooms. Underneath the hardwood floors in the staterooms were fitted porcelain bathtubs that could be filled with either heated fresh or salt water. They were accessible by means of removable floor panels, which saved the room's occupant from the inconvenience of leaving his room if he desired a bath. In a 95-mile race from Larchmont to New London, <i>Atlanta</i> finished 11 minutes ahead of <i>Stranger</i>. In 1894 the yacht was bought by George Gould for $100,000. In the foreground, the small iron screw steamer <i>Rover</i> sails by.
label: Description
content: It was built in 1883 by the American Ship Company of Philadelphia, owned by Commander Henry Honychurch Gorringe, a Civil War hero who had several years before brought Cleopatra's Needle, an ancient Egyptian stone monument, to New York. Frederic S. Cozzens (1846-1928) was an American marine painter famous for his large portfolio of yacht racing lithographs. He lived in Staten Island and exhibited with the Boston Art Club, the Mystic Seaport Association, and the Brooklyn Art Association.
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Cigna Maritime Collection
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content: Transportation
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0279.118
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.118
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chromolithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/8 in x 20 5/8 in; 36.5125 cm x 52.3875 cm