$5,925
Solon Francis Monticello Badger (Charlestown, Massachusetts, ac. 1882-1913) Portrait of the Schooner Young Brothers. Signed and dated "SFM Badger '96" l.l. and verso, the four-masted vessel identified on the bow, stern, and pennant, sailing with a lighthouse off its starboard bow. Oil on canvas, 26 x 42 in., in a period frame. Condition: Tear u.r. with associated paint loss, varnish inconsistencies. Note: The Young Brothers was built in Belfast, Maine, in 1890. Her original owner was David Talving of Providence, Rhode Island. Her captain and share owner was George Snow of South Falmouth, Massachusetts. She was destroyed by fire on the Penobscot River at Bath, Maine. Varnish yellowed and blotchy.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-04
