Schooner Mary McVea
Drawing
A. Colored pencil rendering of the Mary McVea, a three-masted schooner, sailing over tidy waves with a steamship and another sailboat in the distance. According to the donor, the drawing was done by Joe Norris of Kingston Ontario in the late 19th century.
Framed in brown wood frame with gold insert and blue and beige mats.
B. Stapled stack of four documents about the Mary McVea. The first page is a photocopy of pages 45-46 from Kit Lane's "Built on the Banks of the Kalamazoo" 1993.
2022.80.04
Colored Pencil
The schooner Mary McVea was named after the mother of Captain Charles E. McVea.
NauticalArtworks1835 Logging and Lumbering1840 ShipbuildingTransportation: water
Winthers, Sally
2022.80
24 in
36 in
AC bay 24 long works
Art Conservation Room
Art Conservation Room
Excellent
Donor noted that drawing was matted with acid-free materials behind non-glare but not museum quality glass.
McVea, Charles E. 1835-1894Mary McVea (ship)
07/19/2024
04/30/2025