ANTONIO JACOBSEN Steamship Jefferson Oil on Board: Known as "Audubon of Steam Vessels". Danish American Listed Artist 1850-1921. More than 6000 Paintings of Sailing Vessels. Shown at Mariners Museum. Sold at Auction for $281,000 in 2006. Broadside of Steamship Built in Chester PA in 1899. Owned by Old Dominion Steamship Who Commissioned Jacobsen to Paint Entire Fleet. Signed LR, Dated 1914. Few Works Done on Canvas. Used Academy Board Exclusively After 1906 to Give a Smoother Surface and Achieve Finer Detail. 35 1/2" X 19 1/2" Visible Image. Minor Surface Scratch Upper Center. (4000-6000)