This oil painting was composed by a. Cary smith for his friend, commodore william a. W. Stewart of the seawanhaka yacht club of new york. Stewart, a true corinthian yachtsman and insurance lawyer of new york city, had just acquired the famous sailing cutter maggie from george h. Warren of southampton, who owned and raced her successfully in american waters since 1882. Prior, stewart owned and raced the schooners nettie, fanny and the sloop regina. Maggie, here slices past a catboat schooner and several others. Maggie, a 45' cutter of exceptional speed, was built by d. G. Hatcher of southampton in 1874, and was one of the first cutters to inspire artist and yachting architect a. C. Smith to develop the composite cutter than would prove so successful in america and lead to ending the dominance of the big schooners. Smith captained his first, valkyr in the seawanhaka corinthian regatta of 1882, competing while serving as the official measurer for the club, sailing against commodore stewart in fanny. Tragedy would later strike in 1888 when stewart and all hands on board his big 87' british cruising yawl cythera went missing in an atlantic crossing. Oil on canvas. 30¼ x 48⅛ inches. Object Type: painting. Date: 1886.
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