William P. Stubbs (Maine/Massachusetts, 1842-1909) Portrait of the Schooner John A. Beckerman

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William P. Stubbs (Maine/Massachusetts, 1842-1909)

Portrait of the Schooner John A. Beckerman
Signed "W.P. STUBBS" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., in a carved walnut frame.
Condition: No obvious retouch.

Note: Lot includes a collection of correspondence and chandlery bills related to Jacob E. Hathaway, Captain of the schooner John A. Beckerman, and a copy of his obituary in which it is noted that he was thrown overboard in rough seas and drowned on April 15, 1881. The papers are housed in a Chas. T. Russell & Co., Shipbrokers & Commission Merchants Ship's Papers box.
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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