Charles J Lundgren (New York, Connecticut, 1911 - 1988) "Courier" Signed lower right. Original Oil Painting on Masonite.

Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.

This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood Golden Age of Sail Collection Courier porcelain plate.

Many thousands of years ago, man's ancestors discovered that if they floated a few lashed-together logs and climbed aboard, they could travel down a running stream. This raft was arguably the first ship and these primitive men the first sailors. Uncounted centuries later, a nautical pioneer made a discovery that ranks alongside the advent of the wheel. This innovative man found that a breeze caught in a crude sail made of woven reeds would propel his vessel across the water. Sailing was born and the rest, as they say, is history. No finer example of man's mastery of wind and sail has existed than the magnificent Courier. A 380-ton packet, the Courier was built in 1842 to sail the "Rio" or coffee-trade route betwen New York and Rio de Janeiro. She was small, but had three high masts equipped with billowing sails that gracefully propelled her across the sea. Her huge success as a Rio Trader launched the career of the man who built her, Donald McKay. Canadian born, MacKay went on to build such glorious clipper ships as the Lightning, Stag Hound, and Flying Cloud at his shipyard in East Boston, Massachusetts.

Image Size: 22.5 x 25.5 in.
Overall Size: 30 x 31.25 in. Framed behind plexi-glass (B06650)

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30 x 31.25 in