Louis Prang & Co., Boston: 1887
Chromolithograph
20.25 x 27.5 inches overall
$2,400

Print depicting a famous 1886 America’s Cup yacht race, described in the subtitle as “between the American Sloop Mayflower and the English Cutter Galatea. Distance sailed about 38 miles. Mayflower wins by 13 minutes 18 seconds corrected time.” The yacht club associations and designers of the boats are noted in the lower margin: “Cutter Galatea of Royal Northern Yacht Club, designer J. Beavor-Webb; Sloop Mayflower of Eastern Yacht Club, designer Edward Burgess.” The dimensions of the boats are specified as well.