Author: Stobart, John (1929-2023)
Title: Hartford. The “City of Hartford” Arriving from New York at the Foot of State Street in 1870. Signed
Description: Maritime Heritage Prints. 1993. Color print One of 950 signed and numbered impressions. 17 × 33 in.. Hartford, State Capital of Connecticut, lies on the west bank of the winding Connecticut River at the head of deep water navigation, some sixty miles north of its confluence with Long Island Sound. Widely recognized as a hub of the insurance industry, a noted resident, Mark Twain once remarked that it was also the “city of the historic and revered charter oak, of which most of the town is built”. In this painting the venerable river steamer “City of Hartford” makes a delayed arrival from New York under a full moon. The scene shows the city’s steamboat terminal at the foot of State Street as friends and family members assemble to greet arriving passengers. The nearby tavern does brisk business while a coach waits to take transit passengers to a hotel for the night. When the “City of Hartford,” owned by the newly formed Hartford and New York Steamboat Company, first arrived in the Connecticut River in 1852 she heralded a new era. An enthusiastic welcome was to await the handsome new vessel. Bonfires were lit along the riverbank, cannons were fired and “every demonstration of joy was manifested at her appearance.” A hog framed side wheeler of 970 tons, she was to stay in service on the river for thirty four years, latterly under the name “Capital City” following extensive remodeling. Lavishly decorated with Brussells carpets, velvet tapestries, rosewood furniture and with curtains of satin brocatelle, it was said that passengers would be “equally at home in her main deck saloon as in their front parlor ashore!”... Born in Leicester, England, John lived among the magnificent English countryside and inspiring landscapes, which were the subject of his original paintings. However, a visit to Liverpool, the most active port in England, captured his imagination, and he began to concentrate on the sea and ships as his subject matter... In the early 1960s, shipping companies commissioned John’s works and sponsored his overseas travels. In 1978, he became a founding member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), an esteemed and well-respected organization dedicated to advancing the field of marine art and maritime history. Many of our Salmagundi artist members are also members of ASMA..Stobart is widely considered to be the greatest maritime artist alive today. By any objective measure, he stands alone. His original oil paintings sell for more than twice what has ever been paid to any other living maritime artist. They can cost as much as $175,000 and are owned by people such as Charles Gulden of Gulden’s mustard fame, beer tycoon R.J. Shaeffer III, and Thomas Watson, son of the founder of International Business Machines. Stobart’s largest original, a five- by-nine-foot of the sailing ship Henry Hyde, hangs in Dun & Bradstreet headquarters in New York.... Many of his limited-edition prints are sold out within days of being issued, after which they steadily increase in value. There are Stobart prints that sell for more than some contemporary maritime artists can command for an original.... Why? What is it about Stobart’s work that is so extraordinary? Part of it is his unique view of the world’s great harbors. When the 62-year-old artist stands on a wharf, in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Charleston, Boston, or New Orleans, he sees how the waterfront appeared in the glory days of sail. Through the prism of time, he visualizes the famous sailing ship Flying Cloud entering the port of San Francisco after her record passage from New York in 1851, or the David Crockett being towed up the East River. It is all there in prints like the recently released “Mystic Seaport,” which depicts the whaling bark Charles W. Morgan on a moonlit night in the 19th century, moored alongside Chubb’s Wharf in Mystic, Connecticut. On the wharf, splashes of yellow light spill out from gas lamps that illuminate the wood frame shops..Such is the sensation that soothes the eyes in all of the more than 80 limited- edition prints that have been released by Stobart during the past 13 years. They are sold in galleries he owns in Boston, Nantucket, Hilton Head Island, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. as well as through 120 authorized dealers around the world. A Stobart print generally costs about $600 when first released, and many have increased in value—some now sell for $6,000. .
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Title: Hartford. The “City of Hartford” Arriving from New York at the Foot of State Street in 1870. Signed
Description: Maritime Heritage Prints. 1993. Color print One of 950 signed and numbered impressions. 17 × 33 in.. Hartford, State Capital of Connecticut, lies on the west bank of the winding Connecticut River at the head of deep water navigation, some sixty miles north of its confluence with Long Island Sound. Widely recognized as a hub of the insurance industry, a noted resident, Mark Twain once remarked that it was also the “city of the historic and revered charter oak, of which most of the town is built”. In this painting the venerable river steamer “City of Hartford” makes a delayed arrival from New York under a full moon. The scene shows the city’s steamboat terminal at the foot of State Street as friends and family members assemble to greet arriving passengers. The nearby tavern does brisk business while a coach waits to take transit passengers to a hotel for the night. When the “City of Hartford,” owned by the newly formed Hartford and New York Steamboat Company, first arrived in the Connecticut River in 1852 she heralded a new era. An enthusiastic welcome was to await the handsome new vessel. Bonfires were lit along the riverbank, cannons were fired and “every demonstration of joy was manifested at her appearance.” A hog framed side wheeler of 970 tons, she was to stay in service on the river for thirty four years, latterly under the name “Capital City” following extensive remodeling. Lavishly decorated with Brussells carpets, velvet tapestries, rosewood furniture and with curtains of satin brocatelle, it was said that passengers would be “equally at home in her main deck saloon as in their front parlor ashore!”... Born in Leicester, England, John lived among the magnificent English countryside and inspiring landscapes, which were the subject of his original paintings. However, a visit to Liverpool, the most active port in England, captured his imagination, and he began to concentrate on the sea and ships as his subject matter... In the early 1960s, shipping companies commissioned John’s works and sponsored his overseas travels. In 1978, he became a founding member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), an esteemed and well-respected organization dedicated to advancing the field of marine art and maritime history. Many of our Salmagundi artist members are also members of ASMA..Stobart is widely considered to be the greatest maritime artist alive today. By any objective measure, he stands alone. His original oil paintings sell for more than twice what has ever been paid to any other living maritime artist. They can cost as much as $175,000 and are owned by people such as Charles Gulden of Gulden’s mustard fame, beer tycoon R.J. Shaeffer III, and Thomas Watson, son of the founder of International Business Machines. Stobart’s largest original, a five- by-nine-foot of the sailing ship Henry Hyde, hangs in Dun & Bradstreet headquarters in New York.... Many of his limited-edition prints are sold out within days of being issued, after which they steadily increase in value. There are Stobart prints that sell for more than some contemporary maritime artists can command for an original.... Why? What is it about Stobart’s work that is so extraordinary? Part of it is his unique view of the world’s great harbors. When the 62-year-old artist stands on a wharf, in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Charleston, Boston, or New Orleans, he sees how the waterfront appeared in the glory days of sail. Through the prism of time, he visualizes the famous sailing ship Flying Cloud entering the port of San Francisco after her record passage from New York in 1851, or the David Crockett being towed up the East River. It is all there in prints like the recently released “Mystic Seaport,” which depicts the whaling bark Charles W. Morgan on a moonlit night in the 19th century, moored alongside Chubb’s Wharf in Mystic, Connecticut. On the wharf, splashes of yellow light spill out from gas lamps that illuminate the wood frame shops..Such is the sensation that soothes the eyes in all of the more than 80 limited- edition prints that have been released by Stobart during the past 13 years. They are sold in galleries he owns in Boston, Nantucket, Hilton Head Island, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. as well as through 120 authorized dealers around the world. A Stobart print generally costs about $600 when first released, and many have increased in value—some now sell for $6,000. .
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