Painting

Name/Title

Painting

Entry/Object ID

2023.627.1

Description

Painting of "Sabino" at dock at Mystic Seaport, painted by Tod Johnstone in 2003. Framed size is around 14.5 x 13.5 inches. Acquired from the estate of William Abt, 2023. Sabino (pronounced Sah-BYE-No) is a small wooden, coal-fired steamboat built in 1908 and located at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. It is one of only two surviving members of the American mosquito fleet, and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992. It is America's oldest regularly operating coal-powered steamboat.

Collection

William Abt Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Johnstone, H. Tod

Date made

2003