Reginald Eugene Nickerson (Massachusetts 1915-1999) Oil on Canvas Portrait of the Ship “Benjamin Hale”, Signed lower right R.E. Nickerson, label on reverse states “The Schooner Benjamin Hale, 597 Tons, Built in Newburyport in 1882 by Atkinson & Filmore for Green Davis and Others. She was named after the mayor of Newburyport, later sold to New York in 1893, C.C. Delano & Thatcher Masters. Fate Lost in 1897 leaving Rio De Janiero for Boston.”
23 in. x 35 in.