Reginald Eugene Nickerson, American School (b.1915)

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Reginald Eugene Nickerson, American School (b.1915)
The four-masted schooner Elizabeth Ruth of Boston
signed 'R.E. Nickerson'
oil on canvas
24 x 38in. (61 x 96.5cm.)

Lot Essay

The Elizabeth Ruth of Boston was built in 1918 at Biloxi, Miss., by Mississippi Shipbuilding Corp. GT-841, mastered by W. Kerr. In 1922, she was bought by the Duke of Westminster, converted into a yacht and renamed the Flying Cloud. She ended her days in Leghorn, Italy in 1927.

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