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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
American Schooner Dolphin Painting
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

American Schooner Dolphin Painting

Object numberMO 1948.41.8
Name Painting
Artist (British-American, 1832 - 1906)
Dateca. 1841
Mediumwatercolor on paper
Dimensionsframe H 23 in x W 31 3/4 in x D 7/8 in (58.4 cm x 80.6 cm x 2.2 cm )
DescriptionA watercolor painting of the January 1813 engagement off Cape St. Vincent between the American Schooner, DOLPHIN, out of Baltimore, Maryland, and the British vessels HEBE (London, England) and THREE BROTHERS (Bristol, England). It depicts the stern of all three ships, lined up from left to right, at full sail in rough waters. The two-masted DOLPHIN is in the center, with the three-masted HEBE on the left and the two-masted THREE BROTHERS on the right. Several loose rowboats and a barrel are seen floating in the water in the foreground. The painting is signed by the artist in the lower right corner: Edward J. Russell / 1812 - 1906.

The painting is glazed and framed in a 1" black wood frame with gilt inner trim.
Label TextFranklin Roosevelt was an avid, lifelong collector of prints, engravings, and paintings illustrating the history of the United States Navy. He purchased this painting from J. S. Bradley, New York, NY in 1906 for $20. The painting is one of ten maritime pictures (MO 1948.41.1-10) that had hung in FDR's New York office at the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland when he was a Vice President of the Company from 1920-1928. They stayed there until FDR sent them in 1933 to Basil O'Connor as a gift. O'Connor, in turn, presented the pictures to the FDR Library in 1947.

Daniel Basil O'Connor (1892-1972) was a longtime friend and political adviser to FDR. He was Roosevelt's law partner from 1925 to 1933, and later served as president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis-March of Dimes drive against poliomyelitis.



Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Basil O'Connor
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesUnited States Navy Materials (National Archives Identifier 782673)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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