Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Ship "Game Cock" Built by S. Hall~East Boston 1850
Artifact IDMO 1948.41.6
Object Type
Lithograph
Artist
A. Clive Edwards
Publisher
Foster Brothers
(American, 1893 - 1942)
Date1924
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsframe H 21 in x W 27 in x D 3/4 in (53.3 cm x 68.6 cm x 1.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionA hand tinted lithograph of the clipper ship, GAME COCK. It depicts a side view of the three-masted ship at full sail in open water. An American flag flies at the stern. Printed at the bottom of the image: © / Copyright 1924. Foster Bros. Boston / A. CLIVE EDWARDS. The publisher's information and the title is printed centered below the image: Published by Foster Bros. Arlington and Boston, Mass. / Ship "Game Cock: Built by S. Hall~East Boston 1850. The print is glazed and framed in 1" black wood frame with gilt inner trim.
Historical NoteThis print of the GAME COCK (1850) 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 SeriesPrints and Paintings (National Archives Identifier 778817)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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