Mauretania Passing the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, 1911

gouache, 12 1/2" x 20 1/2"

$5,500

The painting depicts the Cunard Line ocean liner Mauretania passing the Statue of Liberty on her way out of New York Harbor for her voyage across the Atlantic to Europe in the autumn of 1911 Mauretania was launched on 1906 and went into service in 1907 where she proceeded to break all existing Atlantic speed records and win the Blue Riband. For more than 22 years she was the fastest North Atlantic liner. During WWI she served as a troop and supply ship. After the war she returned to the express passenger service and in 1931 she set another record when she crossed the Atlantic four times in one month.

 Her final voyage was in Sept. of 1934, she was retired the next year and sent to the breaker’s yard.