Prints of Our Navy by Frederick S. Cozzens

Prints by Fred. S. Cozzens. From Our Navy. Its Growth and Achievements. Hartford: American Publishing Company, [1892]-1897. All ca. 7 3/4 x 12 1/4. Chromolithographs. Full margins, some with light spotting. Otherwise, very good condition.

Frederic S. Cozzens (1856-1928) is considered to be one of the best American nineteenth century marine illustrators. He is first known to have sketched marine scenes as early as 1868 and he contributed many illustrations to such publications as Harper's Weekly, Daily Graphic, and Leslie's Magazine. Known best for his depiction of yachting scenes, Cozzens drew all types of watercraft, including naval images such as this. His first publication was American Yachts, Their Clubs and Races, which contained 27 chromolithographs, and his work was so well received that Cozzens produced four other series of prints: Typical American Yachts (1886); Yachts and Yachting (1887); Our Navy, Its Growth and Achievements (1892); and Old Naval Prints (1892). These are nice examples from his work, Our Navy, illustrating the American Navy just before the turn of the century. Each image shows identified ships of the navy in port or on the high seas. The accurate and detailed illustrations of the older sailing ships and the newer iron clad steamers makes these as historically fascinating as they are attractive.

1. "The Baltimore and Boston." $275
2. "Atlanta, Chicago, Yorktown and Boston." $275
3. "Charleston, San Francisco." $275
4. "The New York, Cushing and Richmond." $275
5. "The Miantonomoh and Newark." $275
6. "Kearsarge, and Constitution." $325
7. "The Alarm, Philadelphia, and Vesuvius." $275
8. "The Machias, Massachusetts, and Castine." $275
9. "The Enterprise, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Hornet." $275
10. "The Philadelphia, Petrel, and Vesuvius." $275
11. "The Pensacola, Hartford, Franklin, and Powhatan." $275
12. "The Machias, Iowa and Katahdin." $275
13. "Monitors Passaic, Monadnock, Nantucket, Keokuk and New Ironsides." $275
14. "The Monterey, Detroit and Oregon." $275
15. "New Hampshire, Dolphin, Chicago and New York (Liner)." $275
16. "The Atlanta, Dispatch, and Yorktown." $275
17. "Portsmouth, Constellation, Bancroft, Saratoga." $275
18. "The Cincinnati, Terror and Indiana." $275
19. "Concord, Stilletto, Columbia." {Statue of Liberty in background} $325
20. "The Brooklyn (New) and Brooklyn (Old)." $275
21. "The Amphitrite, Puritan, Montgomery and Ericsson." $275
22. "The Raleigh, Castine and Maine." $275
23. "The Texas, Olympia, and Minneapolis." $275
24. "Columbia Naval Review, 1893. Ships moving to position in New York Harbor." $325

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