Document No 5082: The Defender in 95

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AUTEUR : Thomas Willis

REF : 0

EDITION : 1895

DATE : 1895

COURSE : 0

DESCRIPTION SITE :

Unsigned. Titled lower center.
Designed in 1895 by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by his namesake firm the same year, the Defender successfully defended the tenth America's Cup by defeating the British keel cutter Valkyrie III.

Private Collection, Kentucky.
Oil on canvas with applied silkwork, 14" x 22". Framed 18" x 26".

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Public domain
BATEAUX : DEFENDER
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