America's Cup Yacht Challenger Valkyrie II
Item# 364
Size: 17.4" X 17.4" $ 525.00 Shipping: $ 65
Hand made America's ship challenger VALKYRIE II. Sails are cut from archival water color paper, hull hand cut from silhouette paper, rigging & birds hand cut from silhouette & ledger pages. Background especially designed from my collections of astronomy engravings and a 1857 Baltimore invoice. Valkyrie II was the 8th challenger in 1893, English 117' . Lost to Vigilant (I have made Vigilant), built by D & W Henderson & Co; Patrick-on-Clyde, Scotland. Owner Lord Dunraven. Hand made wide frame from poplar wood with a vinegar/powder pigment grained finish. UPS shipping to be calculated with shipping destination.
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