Gypsy
Mariners' Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Bugeye
Year: 1885
Builder: G. & R. Lambdin
Location: St. Michaels
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| Fetch? | Row ID | Media | Date | Vessel | Place | Related Places | Inscription/Marks | Subject | Notes | Archive Number |
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| 1 | No image URL. | Voyages around the world. | Sea Gypsy | LB11570 | ||||||
| 2 | No image URL. | Voyages and travels. | The sea gypsy __ __by Edward A. Salisbury and Merian C. Cooper | LB11609 | ||||||
| 3 | No image URL. | Florida–Description and travel | Yachts. | Map on lining-papers. | LB26134 | |||||
| 4 |  | 1934 | Hampton (Va.). | on verso: Gypsy, bugeye yacht of Hampton, Virginia; photographer's information plus camera (partially unreadable); technical info: exposure- 1/100 f/11, Developer- D-52, paper- Definole Veltunia D.L. Label indicating print was exhibited in the First Annual Salon of Marine Photography, April 4-25, 1948. on recto: The Gypsy, Harold S. Sniffen, '34, Newport News, Va. | The Gypsy | P0025/01-#20 | ||||
| 5 | No image URL. | INVENTORY: Gear and wheel mechanism - there are two (2) component parts. NOTES: This wheel was part of the deck equipment of the bugeye, Gypsy, which has been deaccessioned. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: See "Historic American Merchant Marine Survey" and "Chesapeake Bay Gugeyes", M.V. Brewington, p. 36-37. | CL20799 | |||||||
| 6 |  | 8/13/1896 | Gypsy Girl; 2277 | Steamboats–United States.; Tugboats–United States. | Shows a port side view of a steam lighter making way. No record can be found for the vessel Gypsy Girl. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Aug 13, 1896" | MS0094/01-#2277 | ||||
| 7 |  | 1948/07/11 | USA; VIRGINIA; HAMPTON | WRITTEN ON VERSO: BUILT 1940, AT DARE, VIRGINIA BY JOHN AND KINKY SMITH. OWNED BY E.F. HEWINS. 197T, 42.2 X 14 X 5.4. YACHT GYSPY II OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA OFF OLD COMFORT JULY 11, 1948 | GYPSY II (YACHT-AUX 1940) | P0001.022/01-164#PY0360 | ||||
| 8 |  | 1948/07/11 | USA; VIRGINIA; HAMPTON | WRITTEN ON VERSO: BUILT 1940, AT DARE, VIRGINIA BY JOHN AND KINKY SMITH. OWNED BY E.F. HEWINS. 197, 42.2 X 14 X 5.4. YACHT GYSPY II OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA OFF OLD COMFORT JULY 11, 1948 | GYPSY II (YACHT-AUX 1940) | P0001.022/01-164#PY0358 | ||||
| 9 |  | After 1864-Before 1894 | City of Norwich (Side wheel steamer : 1862).; Norwich & New York Transportation Co.; Gypsy (Steamboat : 1884). | to R. A. Potts: I do not want this back - am sending it for your conveniences in identifying teh "two-stacker." Photo copy of water color painting from data collected locally. Sandy Adams [signature]. --"City of Norwich": Side Wheel freighter of Norwich Line. Originally built with one stack 1862. No mast. Civil War duty at Yorktown -- In collision with schooner "Van Vleit" Lloyd's Harbor, Long Island, and sank. 1866. When rebuilt appeared with two stacks and the mast. -- To/ E. M. E. | Passenger ships.; Steamboats–History–19th century. United States | Photographic copy of a painting by artist Sandy Adams of Norwich, Connecticut, of the steamer City of Norwich. An excursion boat named Gypsy, built in Mystic, CT, is also depicted, foreground right. | MS0091/02.01-#06448 | |||
| 10 |   | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Port side view of fishing schooner GIPSEY GIRL. VESSEL INFORMATION- VESSEL NAME: GIPSEY GIRL SHIPBUILDER LOCATION: MASSACHUSETTS, CHELSEA VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 37 GR., 36 NET TONS, 65 x 18.9 x 5.8 BUILD DATE: 1869 VESSEL HISTORY: [various reports of schooners named Gipsey Girl, Gipsy Girl and Gypsy Girl were found--none giving the original build details] --Boston Evening Transcript, November 16, 1878, page 8: One day of the present week the schooner Gipsey Girl brought in the best fare of the season, consisting of seventy-three barrels of large mackerel, which sold at fifteen cents a piece. The crew stocked over $1400 from the trip. --627 Harwich Vessels 1872-1900, Brooks Academy Museum, 1998: In May of 1880, the Gypsie Girl, Captained by Edward Doane, met with extraordinary good fortune on a trip out of Swampscott. First, they came upon a dead whale on the surface, just out from Provincetown. They towed the Whale, into Proyincetown Harbor and sold it for $100. Next, they saw an abandoned Schooner, beached on the Cape Cod shore. They unloaded 100 barrels of lime, floated the Schooner and sold both the lime and the Schooner. Finally, The crew of the Gypsy Girl, with Captain Doane's leadership, took 55 barrels of mackerel which sold for 3112. cents per fish. --Brooklyn Eagle, March 27, 1904, page 31: Cape Henry, VA., March 26--In a collision today between the steamer Frederick and the fishing schooner Gipsey Girl, off Bodie Island, NC, the latter was disabled and afterward towed to Hampton Roads by the Frederick. --Virginia Pilot, April 1, 1904, page 5: [Article discussing wrecks of Gipsey Girl and the schooner Benjamin M. Wallace, the captains of the two vessels were brothers] Captain Carl Anderson was commander of the fishing schooner Gypsy Girl, which was run down in the fog last week by the Merchant's and Miners' liner Frederick off Hatteras. The Gypsy Girl, said Captain Anderson, was also bound to the blue fish grounds. There was a thick fog prevailing. We were sailing down the coast, when suddenly and without any warning there appears dead ahead the outlines of a huge steamship. It was enough to make one's heart stop beating. In another few seconds there was a crash and we though our last moments had arrived. By some chance the big steamship veered around and sent our little vessel spinning through the water and out of harm's way. We made a hurried examination and found that our masts were gone. Those on the Frederick quickly lowered a boat and came to our assistance. Fortunately, the Gipsey Girl did not spring a leak. We accepted the offer of the Frederick, which took us in tow and brouth the vessel to Hampton Roads. We are now on a marine railway here and will soon leave for the fishing grounds. Both of the Anderson are Norwegians and belong tot he same council of the Royal Arcanum order in Brooklyn. | CL22088 | |||||||
| 11 | No image URL. | Gypsy Moth III (Sailing yacht) | Atlantic Ocean | Alone across the Atlantic | LB16705 | |||||
| 12 |  | NOTES: The image shows Sir Francis Chichester's yacht 'Gypsy Moth IV' in stormy seas with only a reefed jib up. According to Art Marine in the UK: This picture was commissioned by the dealers Frost & Reed to commemorate the voyage of Francis Chichester. At the age of 65, Francis Chichester decided to make a single-handed voyage around the world in a specially-designed 16 metre ketch called Gypsy Moth IV. His idea was to follow the route of the old sailing clippers, trying to equal their sailing times. His journey would therefore take him from Plymouth to Sydney, then eastwards towards Cape Horn and back to Plymouth. Chichester left Plymouth on 27 August 1966 and began a perilous journey which brought him to Sydney, on the first part of his journey, already suffering from malnutrition and with a broken steering mechanism. A day after leaving Sydney the boat was capsized and, although Chichester was able to right her, the inside was left in disrepair. As he rounded Cape Horn, the weather became steadily worse, with waves towering 50ft high over the boat, and this is the moment which Montague Dawson has chosen to depict in Chichester’s voyage, which brought him back to Plymouth on 28 May 1967 to a hero's welcome. Having seen land at only four places, he was knighted by the Queen for his exploits. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: GIPSY MOTH IV VESSEL TYPE: KETCH YACHT SHIPBUILDER: CAMPER & NICHOLSON, LTD. BUILDER LOCATION: COWES SHIP'S DESIGNER: JOHN ILLINGSWORTH SHIP OWNER: SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER | CL9888 | |||||||
| 13 | No image URL. | Gypsy II (Yacht : 1898). | Mobjack Bay (Va.). | Week-end cruise to Mobjack. | LB105095 | |||||
| 14 | No image URL. | Gypsy Moth III (Sailing yacht) | Atlantic Ocean | Voyages and travels. | Atlantic adventure __ __Francis Chichester ; edited by J.R.L. Anderson | LB27137 | ||||
| 15 |  | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Builder’s half hull model, starboard side, made by George Steers of the sloop Gussie. The model is a basic representation of the vessel's molded lines, without constructional details. The model is not mounted on a backing board. The bottom eight lifts were painted red then covered with a layer of gold colored paint and then varnished; the top three lifts i are painted blackish-green with varnish over top. At the lift comprising the deck is painted black. It is inscribed in gold “GUSSIE” with three decorative flourishes to each side. The model has a raked stem with a bend at the top where a bowsprit might be installed. The upper stern is sharply raked and hour-glass shaped. There is no counter and no stern post. A 6” section of the keel at the center of the model is flat and curves upwards towards the bow and stern. The keel essentially stops at the bottom of the upper stern. It has steep deadrise and little or no tumblehome. There is a curved rocker beginning 15” back from the bow. It has a short, slightly concave entry and a short run aft. 15” from the stern the keel begins curving upwards making it appear that there is no stern post. The model is constructed of 12 lifts. The lower 8 lifts are flat, arranged in pairs. The bottom lift is 11/16" lift of pine and a 1/32" lift of a darker wood, probably cedar. Lifts 3 through 8 consist of pairs of a 9/16” lift of pine and a 1/31” lift of a darker wood, probably cedar. The sheer curve is cut into the 9th lift. It is 9/16” amidships, 1-3/4” at the stern, and 1-7/8” at the stem. Lifts 10 and 12 are 1/32” and curve with the sheer. Lift 11 tapers from 11/16” at the bow to 7/16” amidships to 3/16” at the stern. Lift 12 is the top covering of the model, which is not hollowed out to deck level. The dimensions of the model are 35-3/8” (length overall); 6-1/8” (main breadth), 6” (half breadth), leaving a tumblehome of just 1/8”. Height overall is 4-11/16”. The minimum half-breadth of the model is 3/32" along the edge of the stem and at the stern. The keel, amidships is a flat and 3/8” deep (measuring across the flat area from the back of the model to the bend). The lifts are held together with five wooden pegs that run from top to bottom. The holes are filled with colored wax. The peg closest to the bow is visible on the face of the model as a rectangular section of wood. The insertion of that peg appears to have caused losses to the surrounding wood. There are a few variously sized holes whose purpose is not apparent on the top and back of the model. The model is in good overall condition. The varnish is stable. There is some traction crackle on the painted layers. There is a deep scratch on the bottom lift slightly towards the bow from amidships. There are some minor wood losses at the bow and stern on the top of the model. Lift 7 is missing a small piece of wood at the stern. The number 17 has been handwritten on the reverse (its unclear what this number refers to). There is a separation between lifts 8 and 9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: See Yachts and Yachting with over One Hundred and Ten Illustrations, by Fred S. Cozzens and Others, 1887, image page 56, references on page 37. NOTES: The collection of half models MR 5 through MR 24 are of vessels built by shipbuilders Henry (father), James Rich and George (sons), and Henry Steers (son of James Rich), builders of the famous yacht America. The models document vessels built between 1805 and approximately 1876. They encompass all types of vessels from a catboat up to large steam sloop built for the US Navy. In a February 13, 1963 letter Howard I. Chapelle, Curator of the Division of Transportation at the Smithsonian stated “The Steers Collection is important technically and it is something we envy the Mariners’ Museum’s possession.” VESSEL INFORMATION- VESSEL NAME: Gussie (1867-1886), Paulina (1886-1897), Gypsy (1897-1907) VESSEL TYPE: Centerboard sloop DESIGNER: Henry Steers SHIPBUILDER: Henry Steers (registers) or J. W. Conklin (Brooklyn Union) SHIPBUILDER LOCATION: Greenpoint, New York SHIPOWNER: Henry Steers (1867-1871), S. Whitney (1871-1872), J. D. Fowler (1872-1875), G. W. Root (1886-1897), ? (1897-1907) BUILD DATE: 1867 DIMENSIONS: length overall 50 feet; beam 17 feet; hold 4-1/2 feet; burthen 25 tons VESSEL HISTORY: • From The Brooklyn Union, July 2, 1867: Henry Steers’ New Yacht. Mr. Henry Steer’s new yacht Gussie, a model of beauty, will be launched on the 15th instant. She was modelled by Mr. Steers himself, and her mechanical construction was entrusted to Mr. J. W. Conklin. The following are her dimensions: length overall 50 feet; beam 17 feet; hold 4-1/2 feet; burthen 25 tons, carpenter’s measurement. The Gussie will be sloop-rigged. • According to The History of the New York Yacht Club to 1973 by John Parkinson Gussie participated in the 21st Annual Regatta on June 19th, 1868: “The centerboard sloop Gussie, 20 tons, 52 feet overall, designed and owned by Henry Steers, a member, won in the sloop class, her sole opponent White Wing, Sheppard Homans, having withdrawn (her centerboard was carried away on the west bank). It is interesting that a member of the talented Steers family had become eligible for the Club.” According to the Brooklyn Union, June 19, 1868 the race was run on the 18th but White Wing was the only yacht to round the lightship and she failed to finish the course in eight hours so the judges declared the race null and void and it would be resailed on the 19th. • New York Daily Herald, June 25, 1871: For sale, sloop yacht Gussie, Built by Steers in 1867, in perfect order; new sails, full inventory. • Fox’s Yachting Annual, 1872, owned by J. D. Fowler, ported in Beverly, previous owner listed as S. Whitney, Fowler belonged the Eastern Yacht Club; her flag is a G on a red and blue field • From Forest and Stream, April 6, 1874: Mr. Steers has also in his yard the sloop yacht “Gussie.” This vessel, we believe, he built for his own use, originally, but she has been much changed since then. During the past winter she has been raised about ten inches, keeping the same sheer as before. • American Yacht List, 1874-1875: Gussie was owned by J. D. Fowler, tonnage listed at 36 (old), ported in New York, 53’ feet, 16’9” beam, 4’6” draft, built 1867, altered 1868, built Greenpoint, New York, Fowler as a member of the Brooklyn Yacht club • Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1885-1886 shows Gussie being home ported in Hartford, Connecticut. • From “The Country” May 25, 1878: The yacht Gussie, New York Yacht Club, formerly the property of Mr. Henry Steers, has been sold by auction for $2,000 to Mr. Wells for G. W. Root, of New Haven. The yacht is 50 feet in length over all; beam, 18 feet; depth 5.10 feet; draught of water, 5 feet; and length of water line, 50 feet. She is a centre-board and keel combined, and was built by her first owner. • Merchant Vessels of the United States, Starting in 1886/1887 and ending in 1897/1898 Gussie is shown being renamed Paulina and is still home ported in Hartford, Connecticut. • Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), April 26, 1897: Advertisement for sale of sloop yacht Paulina, about twenty tons, 51 feet waterline, 5 feet draught, in first-class condition, with good cabin and thoroughly furnished. A very comfortable boat. Must be sold to settle an estate. Add appears through May 22. • Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1901/1902 shows name has been changed again to Gypsy. Still home ported in Hartford. In 1903/1904 her home port shifts to New York. • She appears in 1907 Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, but disappears from 1908 register. | CL14548 | |||||||
| 16 |  | 4/21/1943 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). Port Theater. | Gypsy Caravan act from "Hi Nabor" show. Virginia Vohringer, Singer; Lloyd Hagan, Violinist in center of stage at Port Hdq Theatre, HRPE Newport News, Va. 4-21-43. Official photograph USArmy Signal Corps HRPE Newport News, Va. | Entertainers–Virginia–Newport News.; Soldiers–Virginia–Newport News.; Singers–Virginia–Newport News.; Violinists–Virginia–Newport News. | Entertainers performing on stage at the Port Theater. Virginia Vohringer sings and Lloyd Hagan plays the violin. Soldiers sit in front of the stage. | P0003/01-#J-1684 | |||
| 17 |  | 5/23/1944 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). | F7934 -Prize dog, Gypsy, and sentry. 5-23-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. "SECRET Authority WD Cir 346 October 15, 1942 Initials WCS Date 25 MAY 1944" stamped in red ink. | Dogs–War use.; Dog shows–Virginia–Newport News. | A soldier stands with a leashed dog in a field of wildflowers on a bright sunny day. Artistic shot. | P0003/01-#F-7934 | |||
| 18 |  | 5/10/1944 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). | F7861 - Left to right 1st Lt. Flanagans, Pvt. W. I. Bouther, and Buster, Pvt. Wn. S. Hunt, and Zepp, Pvt. Lyman E. Taylor, and Prince, Pvt. Joh P. Stephenson and Jack and Sgt Albert J. Roy and Gypsy. 5-10-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. "SECRET Authority WD Cir 346 October 15, 1942 Initials WCS Date 25 MAY 1944" stamped in red ink. | Dogs–War use.; Dog shows–Virginia–Newport News. | A row of uniformed soldiers stands with a row of leashed dogs at their feet. | P0003/01-#F-7861 | |||
| 19 | No image URL. | NOTES: The print depicts the American privateer Gipsey in mid-ocean and flying the American flag, with the British ships in the background on either side, one of them firing its cannons. NOTES: During the Napoleonic Wars, HMS Belle Poule and HMS Hermes participated in numerous naval operations, including convoy duties, blockade enforcement, and skirmishes against French and American vessels. On April 30, 1812, the two British ships captured the American privateer schooner Gipsey (or Gipsy) in the middle of the Atlantic after a three-day chase. The Gipsey, “a most superb Vessel” according to the detailed caption text, was transporting a valuable cargo of goods from New York to Bordeaux in France, with which Britain was at war. Despite attempts by the Gipsey to evade capture, the Hermes and Belle Poule succeeded in intercepting and seizing the American vessel. NOTES: Edgar Stanton Maclay (p.234 ‘History of American Privateers’) describes her as retaken from the British prize crew after her capture. First state, with the British sloop-of-war Hermes spelled “Hermese” (corrected in second state), and very rare, especially in first state: no sales listed in Rare Book Hub since Maggs in 1928 (second state). The engraver, Charles Rosenberg was active in England from the 1790s to the 1820s. | CL8584 | |||||||
| 20 |  | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Sperm whale tooth, engraved with a port bow view of unidentified whaleship, probably the Charles W. Morgan. The legend below the vignette reads "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by", Masefield." Inked in black and blue. Part of a set by artist Harry Neyland that includes pieces IS476-IS560. Made between 1934 and 1939. NOTES: The legend under the image is the second line of the first stanza of English poet John Masefield's poem 'Sea Fever.' The full text of the poem is: I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over. NOTES: In 1941 the Museum received 85 pieces of scrimshaw (IS476-IS560) through bequest from the Robert Lyons Hague estate. Over the years, there has been discussion about the artist of the items. In 1989, Mariners’ Museum curator Richard Malley states in a letter that the artist of the pieces of scrimshaw with Neyland images (IS 476, IS489-493, IS 499 and IS 520) is unclear. During a visit on November 8, 1983 and again in 1996, Gary Eckstein, a collector of modern scrimshaw visited the museum to look at the collection of scrimshaw to identify possible pieces by artist William Perry. During his visits he attributed several teeth to Frank/Francisco Rapoza (IS 476-probably late Rapoza); IS483 Rapoza?; IS491-492-Rapoza; IS503-Rapoza?; IS505, 509, 511-514, 517-Rapoza). He mentioned during his visit that artist Harry Neyland had worked with Robert L. Hague to assemble his scrimshaw collection and that Mr. Hague had requested that a number of teeth be etched depicting life aboard a whaler, the men and their jobs. Commenting on some of the pieces he reviewed Eckstein stated they were “not by Rapoza nor William Perry. Probably a third person.” In an April 1, 1986, letter to Mr. Eckstein, Research Associate Lois Oglesby states that curator Richard Malley had deferred to Mr. Eckstein’s opinion on the attribution because modern scrimshaw was “out of the time period of his expertise.” Mr. Eckstein also sold a Rapoza signed tooth to the Museum in 1996 (1996.01.01). However, several letters from Harry Neyland to Fred Hill (dated July 20, 1939) and Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Museum (dated August 2, 1939), clarifies the issue of who created the scrimshaw in Mr. Hague’s collection. The July 20th letter states: “Cuthbert, brother of the late Robert L. Hague told me that you had seen the collection of scrimshaw I made for him which he willed to your museum. All told there are 22 more whale’s teeth some finished, others which are in various stages, which were ordered by Mr. Hague to complete the set. He was very anxious to have every whaling term illustrated in the set...The last time I saw Mr. Hague was the first of February when I delivered some of the finished work. I spent considerable of my own money buying the whales teeth also have spent many weeks work on them to date. Mr. Hague’s brother asked me if I wished to enter my claim against his brother’s estate so as to get my money for my labor and expenses for completing the set. I told him his brother had paid me for all I had delivered and I did not like to file a claim as possibly the museum, since they received such handsome bequests should prefer to assume the small amount to settle my claim. I can not afford to lose the pay for my time nor the money I have paid out to buy the whales teeth…I have been working over five years on this collection and am personally proud of it.” The August 2, 1939 letter to Mr. Ferguson states: “For nearly five years I have devoted as much time, as my eyes would permit, to making a collection of scrimshaw for Robert…I spent many hours with him planning this collection…The last time I saw Robert was the first week of February. I met him at his apartment, at six, we dined together and practically the whole evening until midnight was spent in planning the completion of the collection, illustrating every known term or phrase used in whaling…After the completion of the whaling series, Robert had commissioned me to illustrate the naval battles of the U.S., also for your museum…Cuthbert told me that your Mr. Hill had called to see his late brother’s collections, willed to your museum. He no doubt can inform you regarding the collection above mentioned, which when finished, will not only be the best collection of scrimshaw, but the only one of its kind in existence. Knowing that the collection was to be on permanent exhibit in a public museum I took great care to see that all details were correct from a nautical standpoint also that artistically they would be beyond criticism. I take a personal pride in the work and I am anxious to see it completed…I have spent many days work on this, for which I have received no remuneration [regarding the 22 unfinished teeth].” Unfortunately, Hill and Ferguson decided against assuming “the burden of paying for the [completion of the] twenty-two additional pieces ordered from you by Mr. Hague” but they agreed to work with Mr. Neyland on the restoration of some of the damaged pieces. It’s also important to note that according to his letters, Harry Neyland promised Mr. Hague, and may have been contractually restricted, not to make another set like the one Hague intended to present to the Museum. In the July 20 letter he states “I agreed not to make a set for any other individual or museum.” In the August 2 letter he states the collection is “the only one of its kind in existence” and “My hands are tied for I signed a written agreement for Robert promising not to make another whaling set for anyone, nor to duplicate any of the designs.” | CL9061 | |||||||
| 21 |  | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Sperm whale tooth engraved on obverse with port bow view of full rigged ship. Title: "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." MASEFIELD" Inked in black and blue. Part of a set by artist Harry Neyland that includes pieces IS476-IS560. Made between 1934 and 1939. NOTES: The legend under the image is the second line of the first stanza of English poet John Masefield's poem 'Sea Fever.' The full text of the poem is: I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over. NOTES: In 1941 the Museum received 85 pieces of scrimshaw (IS476-IS560) through bequest from the Robert Lyons Hague estate. Over the years, there has been discussion about the artist of the items. In 1989, Mariners’ Museum curator Richard Malley states in a letter that the artist of the pieces of scrimshaw with Neyland images (IS 476, IS489-493, IS 499 and IS 520) is unclear. During a visit on November 8, 1983 and again in 1996, Gary Eckstein, a collector of modern scrimshaw visited the museum to look at the collection of scrimshaw to identify possible pieces by artist William Perry. During his visits he attributed several teeth to Frank/Francisco Rapoza (IS 476-probably late Rapoza); IS483 Rapoza?; IS491-492-Rapoza; IS503-Rapoza?; IS505, 509, 511-514, 517-Rapoza). He mentioned during his visit that artist Harry Neyland had worked with Robert L. Hague to assemble his scrimshaw collection and that Mr. Hague had requested that a number of teeth be etched depicting life aboard a whaler, the men and their jobs. Commenting on some of the pieces he reviewed Eckstein stated they were “not by Rapoza nor William Perry. Probably a third person.” In an April 1, 1986, letter to Mr. Eckstein, Research Associate Lois Oglesby states that curator Richard Malley had deferred to Mr. Eckstein’s opinion on the attribution because modern scrimshaw was “out of the time period of his expertise.” Mr. Eckstein also sold a Rapoza signed tooth to the Museum in 1996 (1996.01.01). However, several letters from Harry Neyland to Fred Hill (dated July 20, 1939) and Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Museum (dated August 2, 1939), clarifies the issue of who created the scrimshaw in Mr. Hague’s collection. The July 20th letter states: “Cuthbert, brother of the late Robert L. Hague told me that you had seen the collection of scrimshaw I made for him which he willed to your museum. All told there are 22 more whale’s teeth some finished, others which are in various stages, which were ordered by Mr. Hague to complete the set. He was very anxious to have every whaling term illustrated in the set...The last time I saw Mr. Hague was the first of February when I delivered some of the finished work. I spent considerable of my own money buying the whales teeth also have spent many weeks work on them to date. Mr. Hague’s brother asked me if I wished to enter my claim against his brother’s estate so as to get my money for my labor and expenses for completing the set. I told him his brother had paid me for all I had delivered and I did not like to file a claim as possibly the museum, since they received such handsome bequests should prefer to assume the small amount to settle my claim. I can not afford to lose the pay for my time nor the money I have paid out to buy the whales teeth…I have been working over five years on this collection and am personally proud of it.” The August 2, 1939 letter to Mr. Ferguson states: “For nearly five years I have devoted as much time, as my eyes would permit, to making a collection of scrimshaw for Robert…I spent many hours with him planning this collection…The last time I saw Robert was the first week of February. I met him at his apartment, at six, we dined together and practically the whole evening until midnight was spent in planning the completion of the collection, illustrating every known term or phrase used in whaling…After the completion of the whaling series, Robert had commissioned me to illustrate the naval battles of the U.S., also for your museum…Cuthbert told me that your Mr. Hill had called to see his late brother’s collections, willed to your museum. He no doubt can inform you regarding the collection above mentioned, which when finished, will not only be the best collection of scrimshaw, but the only one of its kind in existence. Knowing that the collection was to be on permanent exhibit in a public museum I took great care to see that all details were correct from a nautical standpoint also that artistically they would be beyond criticism. I take a personal pride in the work and I am anxious to see it completed…I have spent many days work on this, for which I have received no remuneration [regarding the 22 unfinished teeth].” Unfortunately, Hill and Ferguson decided against assuming “the burden of paying for the [completion of the] twenty-two additional pieces ordered from you by Mr. Hague” but they agreed to work with Mr. Neyland on the restoration of some of the damaged pieces. It’s also important to note that according to his letters, Harry Neyland promised Mr. Hague, and may have been contractually restricted, not to make another set like the one Hague intended to present to the Museum. In the July 20 letter he states “I agreed not to make a set for any other individual or museum.” In the August 2 letter he states the collection is “the only one of its kind in existence” and “My hands are tied for I signed a written agreement for Robert promising not to make another whaling set for anyone, nor to duplicate any of the designs.” | CL9062 | |||||||
| 22 | No image URL. | Circa 1920 | Larchmont Yacht Club (Larchmont, N.Y.)–Photographs. | Larchmont (N.Y.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Sloops–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the Larchmont Yacht Club, thye yacht Amphitrite, various unidentified Q class vessels, the yacht Newima, the yacht Pahlo, the yacht Nedeva, the auxiliary cutter Gypsy, the yacht Agawam, the yacht Caritas, the power yacht Coquette, the yacht Gray Ghost, the auxiliary schooner Tradition, various unidentified A class yachts, the yacht Blitzen, the yacht Baruna, various unidentified CC class yachts, the yacht Mistress, the yacht Trivet, the yacht Latifa, and various unidentified sailing and power yachts at the Larchmont Yacht Club. | P0002.001/50-047A | |||
| 23 |    | 1939-1940 | New York Yacht Club–Photographs.; International Star Class Yacht Racing Association–Photographs. | New York (N.Y.)–Photographs.; Newport (R.I.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the New York Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club cruise, the 8 meter class vessel Gypsy, the 8 meter class vessel Windward, the 8 meter class vessel Thisbe, the 8 meter class vessel Amashonks III, the 8 meter class vessel Marbett, the 8 meter class vessel Venture, unidentified Q class vessels, unidentified New York 30-foot sloops, unidnetified International class vessels, unidentified International Star class vessels, the International Star class vessel Black Roger, and unidentified sailing and power yachts. | P0002.001/50-137A | |||
| 24 |    | 1939-1940 | Newport (R.I.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the Harvard Yale Regatta, the yacht Audrey II, the yacht Bette Ann, the yacht Bettebrooke III, the yacht Bonnie II, the yacht Bymar, the yacht Cythera, the yacht Doromar, the yacht Ione, the yacht Jaliwa, the yacht Kingfish, the yacht Little Quill II, the yacht Question, the yacht Quickstep II, the yacht Roni, the yacht Sting Ray, the yacht Avelinda, unidentified power and sailing yachts, the yacht Ayesha, the yacht Benham, the yacht Dorothy, the yacht Essex VI, the yacht Freedom, and the yacht Gypsy. | P0002.001/50-118 | ||||
| 25 |    | Circa 1920 | Larchmont Yacht Club (Larchmont, N.Y.)–Photographs.; International Star Class Yacht Racing Association–Photographs. | Larchmont (N.Y.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Fishing boats–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the Larchmont Yacht Club and the Larchmont Yacht Club race, the Week-ender Class yacht Hurrying Angel, the Week-ender Class yacht Old Salt, the yacht Carola, various unidentified Star Class vessels, the Star Class vessel Justa Star, the yacht Seven Bells, the yacht Geisha, the yacht Reejak, the yacht Jamie, various unidentified A Class vessels, the Atlantic Class yacht Bob Cat, the power yacht Dacema, the yacht Elgra, the yacht Idalia, the yacht Seadoll III, the auxiliary yawl Windigo, the auxiliary yawl Edlu II, the yacht Teragram, the yacht Exact, fire damage on the barge Hygrade No. 18, the launching and christening of the vessel Kirawan II, the yacht Islamorada, the yacht Gypsy, and unidentified men and women on yachts. | P0002.001/50-047 | |||
| 26 |    | 1937-1939 | New York Yacht Club–Photographs. | Newport (R.I.)–Photographs.; New York (N.Y.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Regattas–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the New York Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club Cruise, the yacht Cottonblossom II, the yacht Countess, the yacht Clemencia, the yacht Dovekie, the yacht Dorothy Q, the yacht Arbela, the yacht Gypsy, the yacht Instalena, the yacht Kingfisher II, the yacht Mistress, the yacht Nina, the yacht Persephone, the yacht Primrose IV, the yacht Polly, the yacht Seven Seas, the yacht Sachem, the yacht Tioga Too, the yacht Wakiva, and unidentified sailing and power yachts at the New York Yacht Club Cruise. | P0002.001/50-103 | |||
| 27 |    | 1939-1940 | New York Yacht Club–Photographs. | New York (N.Y.)–Photographs.; Newport (R.I.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Susquehanna River; Sloops–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Yawls–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the New York Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club cruise, the auxiliary yawl Riptide, the auxiliary yawl Siesta, the auxiliary cutter Tadpole, the auxiliary schooner Trade Wind, the auxiliayr schooner Tyehee, the single masted sloop Verano, the auxiliary schooner Wildfire, the Y1 class yacht Yankee, unidentified 8 meter class vessels, the 8 meter class vessel Fanita, the 8 meter class vessel Gypsy, the 8 meter class vessel Navigo II, the 8 meter class sloop Thisbe, the 8 meter class sloop Pintail, the 8 meter class vessel Amashonks III, the 8 meter class sloop Marbett, the 8 meter class vessel Venture, the New York 30 foot class vessel Marilee, the Q class vessel Taygeta, the Q class vessel Robin, the q class vessel Cara Mia, and the Q class vessel Falcon. | P0002.001/50-137 | |||
| 28 |    | Circa 1920 | New York Yacht Club–Photographs. | New York (N.Y.)–Photographs.; Newport (R.I.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Fishing boats–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the New York Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club cruise, the launching of the power yacht Quissetta II, the auxiliary schooner Astrea, the yacht All Alone, the auxiliary yawl Alondra, the 32 foot class yacht Apache, the yacht Alsumar, the yacht Ariel, the yacht Barbara, the yacht Carolina, the yacht Clotho, the yacht Chantey, the yacht Cleopatra's Barge, the yacht Dorothy, the yacht Edlu, the yacht Endeavour II, the yacht Folly, the yacht Gypsy, the yacht Good Hope, the yacht Gleam, the yacht Ibis II, the yacht Istalena, the beginning of the New york Yacht Club J class race, and various unidentified sailing and power yachts at the new York Yacht Club. | P0002.001/50-033 | |||
| 29 |    | 1937-1939 | City Island Yacht Club (N.Y.)–Photographs.; International Star Class Yacht Racing Association–Photographs. | City Island (New York, N.Y.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Sloops–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of City Island Yacht Club and the City Island Yacht Club Race, the motor yacht Time Out, unidentified * meter class yachts, the sloop Gypsy, the yacht Roulette, unidentified F I S class vessels, the yacht Kim, the yacht Nike, the yacht Maid of Honour, the yacht Brendy, the yacht Alberta, the yacht Hope, the yacht Feather, the yacht Aileen, the A class vessel Bobcat, unidentified A class vessels, the Gold Cup race at the Ct Island Yacht CLub Yacht, unidentified Atlantic class vessels, unidentified Star class vessels, the Star class yacht Foo, unidentified sloops, the Star class vessel Rus II, the yacht Astrea, unidentified auxiliary schooners, the yacht Elske, the yacht Escape, the yacht Lodona, the yacht Marietta, unidentified auxiliary sloops, the yacht Mint, and the yacht Cynthia. | P0002.001/50-079 | |||
| 30 |    | 1939-1940 | International Star Class Yacht Racing Association–Photographs.; Hatfield (Destroyer : DD-231).; America (Passenger ship : 1940). | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Sloops–Photographs.; Cutters–Photographs.; Ketches–Photographs.; Yawls–Photographs.; Passenger ships–Photographs.; Cruise ships–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the auxiliary schooner Fawn, the auxiliary schooner Glad Tidings, the auxiliary yawl Golden Eye, the cutter Jan, the auxiliary ketch Mako, the auxiliary cutter Naushon, the auxiliary ketch Persephone, the auxiliary yawl Sprite, the auxiliary schooner Trade Wind, the auxiliary schooner Venturer, the auxiliary schooner Voyager II, the US destroyer Hatfield, the passenger ship America at quarantine, the power yacht Blue Swan, the auxiliary schooner Blackfish, unidentified International Star class vessels, the power yacht Doo Dee II, many unidentified 8 meter class vessels, and the 8 meter class vessel Gypsy. | P0002.001/50-126 | ||||
| 31 |    | Circa 1920 | Larchmont Yacht Club (Larchmont, N.Y.)–Photographs.; Indian Harbor Yacht Club–Photographs.; Paris (Turbo screw schooner : 1921)–Photographs.; President Taft (Turbo steamship : 1922)–Photographs.; Fort Victoria (Screw schooner : 1920)–Photographs.; Toloa (Screw schooner : 1917)–Photographs.; Resolute (Turbo Steamship : 1920)–Photographs.; Reliance (Turbo Steamship : 1920)–Photographs.; Britannic (Steamship : 1930)–Photographs. | Larchmont (N.Y.)–Photographs.; Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Passenger ships–Photographs.; Cruise ships–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the Larchmont Yacht Club Regatta, the yacht Amorita, the yacht Nautilus, the beginning of races at the Larchmont Yacht Club Regatta, the yacht Lucie in action, the Larchmont Yacht Club Regatta 6 meter race, unidentified power and sailing yachts, the handicap class boat Zingara, the handicap class boat Katharine, the yacht Ripples, the yacht Acania, the yacht Sirocco watching the Larchmont Yacht Club Regatta, the yacht Gadget, the yacht Marmion, the passenger ship Paris, the passenger ship President Taft, the passenger ship Britannic passing New York, the passenger ship Fort Victoria, the passenger ship Toloa, the passenger ship Resolute, the passenger ship Reliance, the Indian Harbor Regatta and start of races, the yacht Bob Kat, the Indian Harbor Regatta 6 meter race, the yacht Jill, the yacht Whisper, the yacht Gopher, the yacht Gypsy, various unidentified handicap vessels, the yacht Alberta, the yacht Our Gal, the beginning of the 30-foot class race at the Indian Harbor Regatta, the yacht Free Lance, the yacht Duckling, the star class vessel Taurus, the yacht Ariel, the yacht Opal II, the auxiliary yawl Stormy Weather, the auxiliary schooner Skylark, various unidentified star class vessels, the star class vessel Jay, various unidentified Atlantic Coast vessels, the star class vessel Donna Bertha, and the star class vessel Lively Lady. | P0002.001/50-012 | |||
| 32 |    | Circa 1920 | New York Yacht Club–Photographs.; Resolute (Screw tug : 1908)–Photographs. | New York (N.Y.)–Photographs.; Newport (R.I.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Boats and boating–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Sloops–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Tugboats–Photographs.; Ocean travel–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the New York Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club Cruise, the yacht Winsome Too, the sloop Yankee, the auxiliary schooner Countess, the yacht Barbara, the yacht Mitena, the yacht Mandoo II, the yacht Thistle, the yacht Manxman, the cutter Seven Seas, the yacht Sapphire, the yacht Mehitabel, the yacht Barlovento, the yacht Happy Days, the yacht Astra, the yacht Anitra, the yacht Night Wind, the yacht Rugosa II, the sloop Weetamoe, the yacht Carolina, the yacht Wild Duck, the yacht Stormy Weather, the yacht Spartan, the yacht Iris, the auxiliary yawl Mandoo II, the yacht Dirigo II, the yacht Variant, the yacht Saraband, the yacht Nina, the auxiliary sloop Ibis, the cutter Rainbow, the yacht Queen Mab, the auxiliary sloop Valencia, the yacht Valkyrie, the auxiliary cutter Gypsy, the yacht Gipsy, the yacht Riptide, the auxiliary sloop Praxilla, the yacht Actaea, the yacht Teragram, the yacht Water Gipsy, the New York Yacht Club Cruise yacht #48 Redhead, the yacht Nancy II, the yacht Pyramus, the auxiliary schooner Encounter, the tugboat Resolute, the auxiliary schooner Half Moon, and various unidentified sailing and power yachts. | P0002.001/50-021 |
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