August Americana
Description:
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Danish/American, 1850-1921)
Portrait of the Screw Steamer CITY OF MACON. Signed and dated "A Jacobsen 1888 705 Palisade Av. West Hoboken NJ" l.r., vessel identified on the bow and pennant. Oil on canvas, 22 1/4 x 36 in., in a period molded and carved wood frame. Condition: Relined, minor retouch to edges.
Note: The City of Macon was commanded by Captain Henry C. Lewis, of Marion, Massachusetts, and was one of seven American-made vessels of the Savannah Line of the Ocean Steamship Co., traveling four times a week between New York and Savannah, Georgia.
Estimate $7,000-9,000
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