Maine

Details

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850-1921)
Maine
signed and dated Antonio Jacobsen 1916 lower right and inscribed 31 Palisade Av., West Hoboken, N.J. lower right
oil on board
19½ x 35¼ in.

Provenance

Property of W.H. Davis, according to pencil inscription on the reverse

Literature

Harold S. Sniffen, Antonio Jacobsen-The Check List (New York, 1984), line 17, pp. 190-191.

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Lot Essay

The Maine ran between New York and New London, Connecticut for the Providence and Stonington Line and was sold in 1904 to the New England Steamship Company. On February 4, 1930 the ship ran aground in a blinding snow storm on Execution Rocks, Long Island, New York.

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