ROY CROSS (British, born 1924) Revenue Cutter 'Californian' signed and dated '-ROY CROSS- / ©1984' (lower right); titled and with an address label from Roy Cross (on the reverse) gouache on paper 56.0 x 76.0 cm (22 1/16 x 29 15/16 in). framed (under glass) 83.0 x 103.0 x 5.5 cm (32 11/16 x 40 9/16 x 2 3/16 in). Footnotes: N.B. The schooner Californian is the 'official state tall ship' of California. It was built in 1984 as a reconstruction of the 1847 cutter Lawrence, which was part of the U.S. Revenue Marine Cutter fleet. The Revenue Cutter service was founded in 1790 at the advice of Alexander Hamilton in the wake of the Revolutionary War. It was created as an armed marine customs enforcement, counter-smuggling, and counter-piracy service meant to secure the tariff income of the newly formed United States. Lawrence primarily patrolled the coast of California enforcing federal tariff law during the height of the gold rush. The Revenue Cutter service was in use from 1790 until 1915, when it was consolidated with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to form the U.S. Coast Guard. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing