Beken and Sons of Cowes (Briish, c. 1888)
Beken and Sons of Cowes (Briish, c. 1888)

Sir. Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith's Tomahawk, 1939

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Beken and Sons of Cowes (Briish, c. 1888)
Sir. Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith's Tomahawk, 1939
signed 'Beken & Son Cowes' (lower right), numbered '24287' (lower left) and inscribed 'Tomahawk at Cowes, 1939' (lower left)
sepia toned gelatin silverprint
11 x 9 in. (28 x 23 cm.)
Provenance
From the Estate of Camper and Nicholson yacht designer Harry Jacobs

Lot Essay

Tomahawk was built by the prestigious British yacht builders Camper and Nicholson at Gosport, her LOA was 69.3 ft. and her owner was the well known industrialist and yachtsman Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith. He sailed many J class yachts which included Shamrock V and Endeavour I and II.

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