signed lower right: "J.E. Buttersworth"
oil on canvas
12 x 18 in. (30.4 x 45.7 cm.)

PROVENANCE
The collection of E.B. Snydor, Richmond, VA.
with Marine Arts Gallery, Salem, MA.
the current owner

REFERENCE
Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY for another example of this painting exhibited November 1984.

Volunteer was a centerboard sloop designed by Edward Burgess and built by Pusey & Jones Shipbuilding Company at Wilmington, Delaware in 1887 for General Charles J. Paine of the New York Yacht Club. She was the first America's Cup yacht with a steel frame and hull and a white pine deck. Volunteer easily defeated the 1886 America's Cup yacht Mayflower during the defender trials for the 1887 America's Cup. Volunteer then went on to win both Cup races on September 27 and 30, 1887, against the challenger Thistle. After the Cup races, Volunteer was purchased by John Malcolm Forbes (who also owned Puritan) and was converted to a schooner in 1891. She was broken up in 1910.