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A private collector JAMES E. BUTTERSWORTH (1817-1894) N.Y.Y.C. Schooner Yacht 'Estelle' Runni...

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A private collector JAMES E. BUTTERSWORTH (1817-1894) N.Y.Y.C. Schooner Yacht 'Estelle' Runni...
A private collector
JAMES E. BUTTERSWORTH
(1817-1894)
N.Y.Y.C. Schooner Yacht 'Estelle' Running Home
signed "J.E. Buttersworth" (lower right)
oil on academy board
8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm)
painted circa 1880 <p> Estimate: $50,000-70,000 <p> Provenance
Collection of Rudolph J. Schaefer <p> During the 1870s the number of sloops enrolled in the New York Yacht Club exceeded in number the great keel and centerboard schooners that established the club as America's premier yachting organization and New York Harbor as the world's yachting locus. After the club organized its fleet into three sloop and three schooner classes based on tonnage, the club sponsored Annual Regattas that were usually held in the first week of June. Buttersworth has portrayed one such race in an unidentified Annual Regatta. The yachts have already rounded the stake-boat and are running downwind to finish at the Southwest Spit buoy, buoy # 5 off Sandy Hook or perhaps at a mark further up New York Bay as they race over the old Club course. The lead yacht is "Estelle" owned by J.D. Smith and active in the New York Yacht Club from 1876 to 1884. The unidentified schooner following appears to be a large First Class schooner. Loitering in the right middle distance are two naval vessels. The rest of the trailing fleet of schooners and sloops is strung out to the horizon to suggest a great sense of depth and space - hallmarks of Buttersworth's technical and lyrical skills.
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