Lot 126
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen(American, 1850-1921)The S.S. Philadelphia at sea in a storm 18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm.)
5 June 2013, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$8,000 - US$12,000
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Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (American, 1850-1921)
The S.S. Philadelphia at sea in a storm
oil on board
18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm.)
oil on board
18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm.)
Footnotes
Literature:
Harold S. Sniffen, Antonio Jacobsen - The Checklist, Smith Gallery, 1984, pp. 244-245, #6 for a listing of this painting as being with the York Gallery, New York.
The S.S. Philadelphia was built as the S.S. City of Paris in 1889 by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow, Scotland. In 1893, she was renamed Paris and transferred to US registry when the Inman Line was merged into the American Line. The U. S. Navy chartered her in April 1898 from the International Navigation Co., and renamed her U.S.S. Yale, and commissioned her in May 1898 for service in the Spanish American War. The U.S.S. Yale returned to commercial service after the war, again as the Paris, and in 1899 she was seriously damaged when she grounded on the Manacles off of the British coast. In 1901 she was rebuilt and named S.S. Philadelphia, and she sailed for the American Line until requisitioned again during World War I as a troop transport. In 1918 the U.S. Navy formally took her over and she was re-commissioned as U.S.S. Harrisburg. After the war she returned to commercial service and was scrapped in 1923.