Ca. 1907. Part of Boston’s Old Home Week celebration. The ROSE DOROTHEA was the celebrated schooner that one the Fisherman’s Race Cup offered by Sir Thomas Lipton. The race ran from Provincetown to Gloucester to Boston, Massachusetts. The ROSE DOROTHEA won, beating the schooner JESSE COSTA. She was sunk by a German U-Boat February 16, 1917. Sight size: 16 1/2″ high x 12 1/2″ wide. In gilded wooden frame measuring: 22 3/4″ high x 18 3/4″ wide. Good condition. Photo shows light white spotting in the sails.
