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Property from the Estate of Clark Rumrill

Antonio Jacobsen

Portrait of the American Two-Masted Steamship Edam

Lot Closed

January 24, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Clark Rumrill

Antonio Jacobsen

1850 - 1921

Portrait of the American Two-Masted Steamship "Edam"


oil on masonite

1882

Signed A. Jacobsen 1882 / 105 Palisade Av West Hoboken NJ l.r.

22 x 36 inches

The SS Edam was the first of four ships with the same namesake operated by the Holland America Line. This 2,950-ton ship was built in 1881 and sank at the mouth of the Sandy Hook on September 21, 1882, in a collision with SS Lepanto of the Wilson Line.