Description

The square-rigged ship Allerton, just arrived from sea, is nudged alongside a South Street pier near the Brooklyn Bridge, on a moonlit night over Manhattan’s East River waterfront.

Generously donated by William G. Muller from his Personal Collection. Muller grew up on the Hudson River. As a young man, he served as quartermaster aboard SS Alexander Hamilton in the 1950s and went on to become a master painter, specializing in the steamboat era in the Hudson River and beyond. A founding director and Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists, Muller serves as an advisor to the National Maritime Historical Society.

Image size: 28″ X 20 1/4″
Sheet size: 33″ X 25 3/4″