- Title:
- The Iron Yachts Mystery and Blue Belle in the Match Sailed May 23rd, 1843
- Date:
- 1843
- Materials & Techniques:
- Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream card
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/16 x 17 11/16 inches (38.2 x 45 cm), Image: 11 13/16 x 15 7/8 inches (30 x 40.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "19234 | 930 (underlined)"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "N. M. Condy del. _ T. G. Dutton lith."; lower center: "THE IRON YACHTS MYSTERY AND BLUE BELLE, IN THE MATCH SAILED MAY 23RD. 1843; | representing the position of the Yachts at False Point, where the Mystery passing the Blue Belle, between the latter Yacht and the shore, left her aground there and won the Cup. | To Lord Alfred Paget, this print is respectfully dedicated, by His Lordship's obedient Servant, | Edmund Fry. | London, August 1843, Ackermann & Co. Strand, George Foster: 114 Fenchurch St. __ Cowes, J. Finhorn __ Plymouth, Edmund Fry."; lower right: "Printed by Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11256
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- audience | barges (flat-bottomed watercraft) | costume | flags | frock coats | marine art | masts | men | race (event) | racing | reeds | river | riverbanks | sails | ships | smokestacks | sporting art | staff (walking stick) | steamships | top hats | trousers | Union Jack | yachts
- Associated Places:
- England | Thames Estuary | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Paget, Lord Alfred Henry (1816–1888), soldier, courtier and politician
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30757
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Print made by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton, 1819/20–1891, British, The Iron Yachts Mystery and Blue Belle in the Match Sailed May 23rd, 1843, 1843
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