THE PILOT BOAT NEW YORK APPROACHING A SHIP FROM THE CASTLE LINES

THE SCREW PILOT BOAT NEW YORK WAS BUILT IN 1897 BY HARLAN & HOLLINGSWORTH OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. IT SAILED OUT OF NEW YORK HARBOR UNTIL 1952.
ANTONIO JACOBSEN PAINTED THIRY-FIVE IMAGES OF THE NEW YORK FROM 1897 TO 1919. SEE HAROLD SNIFFEN, ANTONIO JACOBSEN- THE CHECKLIST (NEW YORK, 1984)PP. 214-217.