The Schooner Yacht "Anaconda"

Object summary

Title: The Schooner Yacht "Anaconda"
Object ID: CC-F-0152
Date made: 1846
Place made: United Kingdom, England, England, London; United Kingdom, Plymouth
Publisher: Ackermann & Co.; Foster, William; Fry, Edmund
Painter (after): Condy, Nicholas Matthew
Printmaker: Day & Haghe
Lithographer: Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A colored lithograph depicting the schooner yacht 'Anaconda' entering the Plymouth Sound and winning the 26 August 1845 Royal Western Yacht Club Cup. Descriptive labels below the printed plate help narrate what is happening in the scene. Men on small rowing boats stand and wave their hats to the speeding yacht. A lighthouse is in the left background.