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The America Schooner, 170 Tons, winning the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup & passing the Victoria & Albert off the Needles, Friday August 22nd 1851
A print depicting the 'America', in broadside view from her port side, winning the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup in August, 1851. The race was the result of a challenge issued by the Commodore of the NYYC, Mr J C Stevens, the head of a syndicate who had commissioned George Steers to design 'America'. Hand-coloured lithograph.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH0478 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Butler, Augustus; Stannard & Dixon |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Vessels: | America (1850); Victoria and Albert (1843) |
| Date made: | 1843; 1850 22 Aug 1851 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 305 x 418 mm |