A Group of 23 Lithographs American Yachts: Their Clubs and Races

Print

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Edgartown Yacht Club

Name/Title

A Group of 23 Lithographs "American Yachts: Their Clubs and Races"

Entry/Object ID

FA.024

Description

A near complete set (23 of 26) of lithographs in colors on wove paper, each signed and variously dated 'Fred S. Cozzens 83/84' on the plate (lower left), published by Scribner & Son, NY.

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Subject

Included are plates (II) Sandy Hook tot the Needles, (III) An Old Rendezvous - New London, (IV) Off Breton's Reef, (VI) Finish off Staten Island 1870, (VII) In the Narrows - A Black Squall, (VIII) Running Out - New Bedford, (IX) Off Soundings - A Smokey Sou'wester, (X) Robbins Reef - Sunset, (XI) Around Cape Marblehead, (XII) Over the Cape May Course, (XIII) By Sou'west Spit, (XIV) Moonlight on Nantucket Shoals, (XV) Lying-to off George's Banks, (XVI) A Stern Chase and a Long One, (XVII) A Breezy Day Outside, (XIX) Minot's Ledge Light, (XX) America's Cup 1881, (XXI) A Misty Morning - Drifting, (XXII) In Downeast Waters, (XXIII) Before the Wind - Newport 1883, (XXIV) Under the Palisades, (XXV) Ice Boating on the Hudson.

Series

American Yachts: Their Clubs and Races

Cataloged By

Kristin L Warriner

Category

Fine Art

Made/Created

Artist

Frederic Schiller Cozzens

Date made

1884

Notes

Frederic Schiller Cozzens started his career in the 1860's as a maritime artist always painting in watercolor. In 1884 Cozzens found a way to popularize his work in the form of sets of color lithographs. The first of these sets was a brilliant series of 26 yachting prints published by Carles Scribner & Sons, NY entitled "American Yachts: Their Clubs and Races". This series is accompanied by a separate text written by Lieutenant James Douglas Jerrold Kelly, which describes in detail each scene represented.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

19 in

Width

25 in

Dimension Description

Image

Height

13-3/8 in

Width

19-3/8 in

Location

Location

Wall

Clubhouse Dining Room

Date

October 9, 2025

Notes

7 prints are hung on the walls in the dining room entry.

Location

Wall

Clubhouse Bridge Deck Walls

Date

October 9, 2025

Notes

16 prints are hung on the bridge deck walls

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Date Examined

Sep 15, 2019

Examined By

Gregg K. Dietrich

Research Notes

Notes

This collection of lithographs includes portraits of more than 100 craft, including sloops, steamers, schooners, and ice-boats. The scenes depict some of yachting's most memorable images of regattas, most notably (plate 6) entitled "Second International Race, The Finish off Staten Island, Magic Defending Cambria, August 8, 1870."

Created By

Kristin L Warriner

Create Date

October 9, 2025

Updated By

Kristin L Warriner

Update Date

January 27, 2026