Boat Blueprint of the Skipjack Coot

Hull blueprint showing lines and offsets for hull no. 166 at the Purdy Boat Company. Legend reads “Hull no. 166, lines and offsets, scale one inch equals one foot, length 27 feet, 4 ...

George Lawley blueprint of a thirty six foot launch. The legend shows drawing H-233, 36 ft. launch, one half inch to the foot. George Lawley and Son Corporation, Neponset Mass. Appro...

Original blueprint by naval architect Benjamin Dobson. This is identified as hull nos. 119 and 121, showing lines and offsets. This is a rich blue color, white outlines, also with ha...

Original blueprint of the Purdy built speedboat, hull number 166. This is the profile plan of the 27-footer. Showing deck, cockpit, engine watch, seats, wheel, light, etc. A very sleek craft. Legend reads “Purdy Boat Co. INC. Port Washington...

Antique print titled 'Cotee - Fulica'. Old bird print of the Eurasian coot. The Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is largely black except for the white frontal shield (which gave rise to the phrase "as bald as a coot", in use as early as 1430). This print originates from 'The Natural History of Birds' by E. Albin. This is the rarest and most highly prized of Albin’s works as it was hand coloured entirely by Albin and his daughter, Elizabeth. There were only 89 sets published. Artists and Engravers: Eleazar Albin was a German professional painter who settled in England in 1707, where he married and raised a family, changing his name from Weiss to Albin. He illustrated works on insects and spiders, earning his living by making watercolors of the collections of wealthy patrons, including Sir Hans Sloane...

Plate 155: '1. La Poule Sultane - 2. Le Foulque' (1. Purple Gallinule - 2. Coot). This print originates from 'Oeuvres completes, - suivies de ses continuateur...

This original "Belmont Racetrack Seating" blueprint has a wood frame with a plexiglas front. It was acquired from the racetrack Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. There are four predr...

This antique hand-colored print titled 'The Sappho rounding the Vectis, and setting her balloon-canvas' is an illustration from The Graphic, an illustrated newspaper that was publish...