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George C. Wales Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-052

Scope and Contents

This collection inventory was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Dates

  • Creation: 1912 - 1938

Language of Materials

English Latin

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library.

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Ships Plans Library.

Biography of George C. Wales

George C. Wales (1868-1940) was an MIT graduate in naval architecture and a noted marine artist. He worked at the firm of Peabody & Stearns in Boston, from 1888 to 1891. He was in partnership from 1891 to 1906 at Wales & Holt, Boston, Massachusetts and then maintained a private design business until 1924. He began to study art by 1917 and had his first exhibition in 1921. He published "Etchings and Lithographs of American Ships" in 1927 and also produced vessel drawings used as illustrations in various publications by Howard I. Chapelle.

Extent

106 sheet(s)

71 design(s)

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection represents plans George C. Wales drew and collected of 18th and 19th century American vessels, including military vessels of the Revolutionary War.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
George C. Wales Collection
Subtitle
An Inventory of the Collection at the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library, Mystic Seaport Museum
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library Repository

Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic Connecticut 06355 United States
860.572.5367

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