Great Lakes Art Database

"Scow Schooner"

Description
Creator
Hopkin, Robert, Artist
Item Types
Paintings
Watercolor paintings
Description
This watercolor illustrates two vessels running before a storm in open water. The nearest is a two-masted scow schooner. Behind that is a smaller vessel with a single, gaff-rigged mainsail. The heavy brushwork indicates a piece created by a mature Robert Hopkin. It was donated by the estates of Emma J. and Drusilla King Farwell.
Date of Original
ca. 1890
Dimensions
Width: 22.5 in
Height: 18 in
Subject(s)
Scow schooners
Local identifier
1953.160.002
Collection
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Donor
Estates of Emma J. and Drusilla King Farwell
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Detroit Historical Society
Email:jeremyd@detroithistorical.org
Website:
http://detroithistorical.org

Street/mail address:

Jeremy Dimick

Director of Collections & Curatorial

Detroit Historical Society

5401 Woodward Avenue

Detroit, MI USA 48202

P. 313.297.8391

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"Scow Schooner"


This watercolor illustrates two vessels running before a storm in open water. The nearest is a two-masted scow schooner. Behind that is a smaller vessel with a single, gaff-rigged mainsail. The heavy brushwork indicates a piece created by a mature Robert Hopkin. It was donated by the estates of Emma J. and Drusilla King Farwell.