Schooner Yacht America

Schooner Yacht America
Attributed to George Steers, New York, New York, ca 1851
Gift of Mrs. Ermina B. Kline, Captain Harry Freeman Martin, Mr. Bray Daniel Martin, and Mrs. Agnes Martin Arnheimer
MR 170

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America's revolutionary shape, based on a pilot schooner, radically changed the history of yacht design. George Steers, the designer of America, built or commissioned this half model for presentation to Queen Victoria, but it was never presented due to his death in 1856.

 

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