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Moses H. Grinnell (pilot Boat)
The ''Moses H. Grinnell'' was a 19th-century pilot boat built in 1850 for the New York City, New York maritime pilots. She was designed by the yacht designer George Steers. The ''Grinnell'' was the first pilot boat to feature a fully developed concave clipper-bow, which was to become the New York schooner-rigged pilot boat's trade mark. This new design was the basis for the celebrated yacht ''America (yacht), America''. Construction and service Moses H. Grinnell, a native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, commissioned George Steers to design a vessel for use as a pilot-boat and as a yacht for pleasure trips. Grinnell was a partner with his brother, Joseph Grinnell, in the shipping firm Grinnell, Minturn & Co. The ''Grinnell'' was built in 1850 for the New York pilots and owned by George W. Blunt of New York. There is a Steers' half-model of the ''Grinnell'' is in the Mariners' Museum and Park at Newport News, Virginia, and the boat's profile in John Willis Griffiths ''Treatise on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bradford (painter)
William Bradford (April 30, 1823 – April 25, 1892) was an American romanticist painter, photographer and explorer, originally from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, near New Bedford. His early work focused on portraits of the many ships in New Bedford Harbor. In 1858, his painting ''New Bedford Harbor at Sunset'' was included in Albert Bierstadt's landmark New Bedford Art Exhibition. Career He is known for his paintings of ships and Arctic seascapes. From 1861 to 1866 he made excursions north to Labrador with Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes. He was one of the first American painters to portray the frozen regions of the north: for example, his contemporary Frederic Edwin Church had painted ''The Icebergs'' in 1861; Albert Bierstadt was also active in the same period. Bradford was accompanied by photographer William H. Pierce on his 1864 expedition, which resulted in the first iceberg photographs taken in acrtic regions. In 1862, Boston, he was an art teacher to Charles Dormon Robinson. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
