Lot 225: Solon Francis Monticello Badger (Charlestown, Massachusetts, active 1882-1913) Portrait of the Schooner Thomas S. Dennison. The four-ma

Solon Francis Monticello Badger (Charlestown, Massachusetts, active 1882-1913)

Portrait of the Schooner Thomas S. Dennison. The four-masted ship identified on the bow, stern, and pennant, sailing with a lighthouse above sandy bluffs off its starboard bow. Signed and dated "SFM Badger 01." l.l., further inscribed on the reverse "SFM Badger '01 Charlestown Mass." Oil on canvas, 26 x 42 in., in original giltwood and gesso frame. Condition: Good.

Note: The Thomas S. Dennison was built by Dunn and Elliot of Thomaston, Maine, in 1900. She foundered off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, in 1913.