Thomas Willis, oil & silk, "Ethel May motor boat,", fine oil painting with the boat having silk riggings, figures and American flag, the hull of the boat in velvet, a well listed artist 1850-1912, image area 19" X 27" plus tiger maple frame...........Thomas Willis died in New York City. His work is in the Mariner's Museum, the Mystic Seaport Museum, and the Peabody Museum. He used silk or satin for the sails in his ships, and his trademark signature was a "T" over a "W".Source:Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art