Artist/Maker
Norman Fortier*
American, 1919 - 2010
Vessel
Surprise (Schooner)
Date1954/07/23
MediumNegative, Acetate
Dimensions4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm)
Object number2004.11.7059.1
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionBuilt in Rockport, Massachusetts, in 1918 to designs by Thomas F. McManus, the 44-foot gaff schooner SURPRISE sailed the East Coast under the CCA burgee for close to 40 years. Here she and an operatic fair-weather cloud ease their way across Nantucket Sound. The image was taken in the summer of 1954, but the scene exists outside of time.On View
Not on view
Edgartown Yacht Club
1745-1925
1725-1960
Norman Fortier*
Captiva (ketch)
Norman Fortier*
20th Century
Norman Fortier*
