J.T. Wing
Description
- Creator
- Bernahl, Henry, Artist
- Item Type
- Paintings
- Description
- This oil painting of the J.T. Wing by Henry Bernahl shows the three-masted schooner under full sail. Built in New Brunswick, it served a varied coastal trade before coming to the Great Lakes to haul lumber. After closing out the age of commercial sail on the Lakes, the J.T. Wing was beached at Belle Isle on the Detroit River and became the Museum of Great Lakes History in 1949. Due to extensive deterioration, she was closed to the public in 1956, and replaced by the Dossin Great Lakes Museum in 1960.
This painting was commissioned for the museum by the Great Lakes Model Shipbuilders Guild, forerunner of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. - Date of Original
- ca. 1950
- Date Of Event
- ca. 1930s
- Dimensions
-
Width: 36 in
Height: 24 in
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- W1959.016.001
- Collection
- Dossin Great Lakes Museum
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- Great Lakes Model Shipbuilders Guild
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Detroit Historical SocietyEmail:jeremyd@detroithistorical.org
Website:
Street/mail address:Jeremy Dimick
Director of Collections & Curatorial
Detroit Historical Society
5401 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI USA 48202
P. 313.297.8391
