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Portrait of a steam sail yacht by Thomas Willis. Silk embroidery on oil painted canvas, signed T. Willis, NY, lr with Willis business card on back of frame. 19 1/2 in. x 35 1/4 in. sight, in original frame.
Thomas Willis, American, born 1850 in Connecticut. Worked for silk embroidery thread maker in Brooklyn, N.Y. His marine paintings had embroidered ships on oil painted backgrounds. Active: ca 1880-1910. Died 1925 in New York City. Represented at Mariners Museum, Mystic Seaport, Peabody Museum.