Lot Essay
The S. S. Proteus was built by N.N.S. & D.D. Co., Newport News, Virginia for the Morgan Line. She was launched in 1907. Her dimensions were 379.7 x 48.0 29.9 and she was 4336 tons. Her homeport was New York
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The S.S. Proteus
Details
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (American, 1850-1921)
The S.S. Proteus
signed, dated and inscribed 'Antonio Jacobsen/1907/Palisade Av. & Division St. West Hoboken. NJ.' (lower right)
oil on board
22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.5 cm.)
executed in 1907
The S.S. Proteus
signed, dated and inscribed 'Antonio Jacobsen/1907/Palisade Av. & Division St. West Hoboken. NJ.' (lower right)
oil on board
22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.5 cm.)
executed in 1907
Literature
Harold S. Sniffen, Antonio Jacobsen; The Checklist, Newport News, 1984., pp. 248-249, no. 34.