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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  199
• Lot Description:
  Attributed To Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen
  (Danish/American 1850-1921)
  County Of Edinburgh Ashore At Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, Circa 1902
  gouache
  20 x 33cm
  signed and dated 1902 lower right
• Notes:
  Antonio Jacobsen Was Born In 1850 In Copenhagen, Denmark, And Received His Art Training There At The Royal Academy Of Design. He Immigrated To America In August 1873 And Took A Job Painting Decorations On Commercial Safes For The Marvin Safe Company In New York City. In 1880 He Settled In West Hoboken, New Jersey (Now Union City, New Jersey), Across The Hudson River From Manhattan And New York Harbor, Its Port Filled With Ships From America And Around The World. With The Encouragement Of A Steamship Company, Jacobsen Turned His Attention Toward Portraits Of Ships And Marine Images. He Got His Start Painting Pictures Of Ships On Safes, And As His Reputation Grew, He Was Asked To Do Portraits Of Ships By Their Owners, Captains And Crew Members. Jacobsen Painted More Than 6,000 Portraits Of Sail And Steam Vessels, Making Him One Of The Most Prolific Of Marine Artists.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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