8 x 10 gelatin silver print taken by Charles Edwin Bolles circa 1893. Printed by Rosenfeld and Sons, year unknown. Port quarter view of the cutter VALKYRIE II under sail. VALKYRIE II was a British America's Cup challenger in 1893. She was designed by George L. Watson and made by D. & W. Henderson & Co. in Glasgow, Scotland 1893. She was beaten in 3 straight races by VIGILANT, and sunk in 1894 in the River Clyde by the British racer SATANITA. Handwritten on back: "Valkyrie III [x'd out] II" Stamped in blue in lower right corner: "MORRIS ROSENFELD & SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. 10038 / Phone 233-4970". Original negative number Y.617A.

VALKYRIE IN THE DRY DOCK - SHE WILL BE REPAINTED WHITE
When the Valkyrie arrived from England she was painted white, but while in the Erie basin (from 20 to 26 august) the white paint was scraped off and black lacquer substituted.
Tuesday September 3rd: The Valkyrie was towed up from the Horseshoe yesterday afternoon and docked in the Erie Basin. Lord Dunraven does not like the appearance of the yacht black, and she will be painted white before she is floated out of the Erie Basin. She will remain there until Friday, when she will be floated.

So Valkyrie III sailed in black between August 26 and September 1st.