Print of Bermuda Racer BOLERO, 1955
date: label: Date made
content: 1955
name: label: artist
content: Morgan, Franklin Townsend
notes: label: Description
content: This 1955 etching was created by Franklin Townsend Morgan. It shows the 1949 yawl BOLERO on a starboard tack crossing the finish line off Bermuda, with St. David's Head Light in the background. BOLERO measured 73'6" x 15'1" x 9'6" and 42 tons. It was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and originally owned by John Nicholas Brown. The Bermuda Race began in 1906. It has become one of the world's great ocean classics, its continuity broken only by two world wars. In 1924, it was made a biennial instead of an annual event. The BOLERO was the first to finish in two out of three Bermuda Races held between 1954 and 1955, though it was not judged the overall winner because of time allowances. In the 1956 race BOLERO, owned and commanded by Sven Salen of Sweden, set a new course record at 70 hours, 11 minutes, and 37 seconds. After the 1960s it fell into disrepair until it was purchased by Gunter C. Sunkler in 1992 and restored. Franklin Townsend Morgan (1883-1965) was a famous artist and etcher. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was a prolific artist whose work focused on the Atlantic seaboard, Florida and the West Indies.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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: 2005.0279.121
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.121
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Etching
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 5/8 in x 10 7/8 in; 32.0675 cm x 27.6225 cm