Rhyanon Demery
Head of Sale
Lot 44
Arthur Wellington Fowles(British, 1815-1883)The America off Ryde, Isle of Wight with Osborne House in the distance
7 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £7,500 inc. premium
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Arthur Wellington Fowles (British, 1815-1883)
The America off Ryde, Isle of Wight
with Osborne House in the distance
signed and dated 'A.Fowles/1852' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 54cm (14 1/8 x 21 1/4in).
unframed
with Osborne House in the distance
signed and dated 'A.Fowles/1852' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 54cm (14 1/8 x 21 1/4in).
unframed
Footnotes
The 170 ton schooner America was built in New York in 1851 by George Steers for the commodore of the New York Yacht Club, John Stevens, especially to race in English waters. She was launched on the 3rd May 1851 and by late June she left New York for England. On the 22nd August 1851, in a race around the Isle of White, America finished first of 16 starters. She was awarded the cup presented by the Royal Yacht Squadron, known ever since as The America's Cup.
The present lot, painted in 1852, presumably depicts America racing in the regatta that secured her place in yachting history and established the cup still awarded today and seen as one of the most coveted sporting trophies.
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