$6,518
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921) Portrait of the Three-masted Schooner ALBERT MEYER. Signed and dated "Antonio Jacobsen 1919" l.r., vessel identified on the bow. Oil on board, 20 x 36 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Retouch prevalent to sky. Note: The ALBERT MEYER was a three-masted schooner of 459 tons. She was built at Fairhaven in 1896 by Bendixsen for J.H. Baxter of San Francisco, and operated in the coastwise lumber trade, sold to shipbrokers, then to the Atlin Construction Co. of Vancouver, where she was registered under the British flag. At that port she operated as a codfisher for two seasons, then was resold in 1919 to L.A. Scott, Mobile; she was wrecked in the Florida Keys on December 31, 1927. Retouch to Sky around perimeters of board, scattered areas between sails, and in water.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-11
