Depicts the new york yacht club schooner faustine departing on her first transatlantic crossing to england in 1873. She is recorded to have made the passage in 18 days. Faustine was designed and built at bristol by john brown herreshoff, the older brother of nathaniel. She was a 79'6" loa x 19'8"b x 7'4"d keel schooner owned and raced by g. P. Russell, member of both the new york and eastern yacht clubs. Shown here with her original schooner rig, she was converted to a steam yacht and lengthened at cowes in 1879. She leaves the harbor wearing her n. Y. Y. C. Burgee and private pennant along with the stars and stripes. Illustrated in yachts on canvas by james taylor, page 59. Date: 1874.
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