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English: Catboats on Oyster Bay, Long Island, by Archibald Cary Smith. he subject vessels in this work are two cat-rigged craft known as “sandbaggers”. The cat-rig features a single mast situated well forward, near the bow, and carries only a large single sail with no standing rigging. “Archie” Smith was an early builder of these “sandbaggers”, so named for the movable sandbags they carried for ballast.
Date between circa 1870 and circa 1879
date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1879-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Vallejo Gallery
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Francis A. Silva  (1835–1886)  wikidata:Q21793148
 
Francis A. Silva
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pseudonym: Silva, Francis Augustus; Francis Augustus Silva
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 1835 Edit this at Wikidata 31 March 1886 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New York City New York City
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creator QS:P170,Q21793148

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