| "The
Staten Island Ferry" by Paul McGehee. The "Mary Murray" was launched in
1937 and had a long career on the route between New York City to Staten
Island, New York carrying passengers and automobiles back and forth.
"Mary Murray" is shown here in 1952 on a grey day's run from Staten
Island back to Manhattan, steaming past the Statue of Liberty. She was
named after the charming woman who, during the Revolutionary War,
"distracted" British General William Howe just long enough to allow
troops to sneak through the streets of Manhattan to resupply and
reinforce General George Washington's Continental Army, which was
waiting in the Harlem section of what was to later be known as New York
City. "The Staten Island Ferry" is an archival-quality print in limited
edition from the original oil painting...hand-signed and numbered by
the artist. |
