Beken and Sons of Cowes (British, c. 1888)
Beken and Sons of Cowes (British, c. 1888)

Endeavour from port bow, 1934; and Endeavour from port quarter

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Beken and Sons of Cowes (British, c. 1888)
Endeavour from port bow, 1934; and Endeavour from port quarter
each signed 'Beken & Son Cowes' (lower right)
sepia toned ge;atin silverprint
9 x 11 in. (23 x 28 cm.)
Provenance
From the Estate of Camper and Nicholson yacht designer Harry Jacobs

Lot Essay

Endeavour I was built by the prestigious British yacht builders Camper and Nicholson at Gosport, her LOA was 129,7ft. and her owner was the well known industrialist and yachtsman Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith. He sailed many J class yachts which included Shamrock V and Endeavour I and II.

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