W. E. Fitzgerald

Painting

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Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

W. E. Fitzgerald

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Subject

W. E. Fitzgerald

Context

The W.E. Fitzgerald was a Great Lakes freighter built by Captain Dennis Sullivan in honor of William E. Fitzgerald (1859-1901). The W.E. Fitzgerald was built by the Detroit Ship Building Company as Hull #167 for the Chicago Navigation Company and launched on September 8, 1906. The connection with the Edmund Fitzgerald is that William E. Fitzgerald was the father of Edmund Fitzgerald, the namesake for the later ship.

Collection

Wisconsin Art Collection, Artwork Collection, Marine Collection

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Edmund Fitzgerald

Made/Created

Artist

Edmund D Lewandowski

Date made

1957

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature and Date

Location

Lower right

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

24-11/16 in

Width

35-11/16 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

14 in

Width

26 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

MPL holds a vessel file for the W.E. Fitzgerald, a launching memento, and the ship's nameboard.

Research Notes

Notes

Information sheet on back of painting