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Countess of Dufferin

a black and white wash drawing showing the hull of a large sailing ship with four man working aboard while three groups of men, mostly wearing top hats, stand and sit nearby among pieces of lumber

Countess of Dufferin, W.G. Wood

Credit: The Lawson History of the America’s Cup, Winfield Martin Thompson & Thomas W. Lawson, 1902

Text from beneath the picture:
“Countess of Dufferin: Third challenger for the America’s cup, as she appeared on the slip-way ready for launching at Cobourg, Ontario.  From a wash drawing by W.G. Wood, after a photograph used by courtesy of Alexander G. Cuthbert, son of the vessel’s designer and builder.”