THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. 1957
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North
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Page ELEVEN
‘ALL I ASK IS A TALL SHIP .,. ”
Marine Pictures And Models
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Draw Ship-Lovers To Gallery
The Library Gallery commit
tee turns to local sources, this
lime, in selection of the present
exhibit. Billed as “from the col
lections of Dr. R. M. McMillan
and Mrs. James Boyd,” the show
now on view is a thoughtful as
semblage of lithographs and
marine prints, a few examples
Of each. For variety, yet in keep
ing with the subject chosen,
there are included three ship
models.
It is, perhaps, to the latter that
attention will first be drawn.
Two are tespecially interesting
as made by local artists, the third
is a creation of the highest pro
fessional craftsmanship, which
serves, as a matter of fact, to ac
centuate the unusual skill of the
amateurs.
For this is good work. The
slim, graceful clipper, made by
Alfred Yeomans, and the Viking
Ship, the creation of his sister,
Mary, are stirring testimonials
of the skill and artistic integrity
and perseverance of these gifted
individuals. In this day and age
it may come as a surprise that
two people, quite lacking in
special training along these lines,
could show such mastery of the
art of model-building. For,
though this is the age of “Know
how” and "“do it yourself” it is
also the age of construction kits,
Of cut-outs, and of plastic to sim
ulate wood, metal or anything
else: in otter words, it’s an age
of artificiality an(i superficiality,
where, too often, the effect is put
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Outstanding Lithographs
Above the two Yeomans
models hang lithographs by Stow
Wengenroth, probably the lead
ing lithographer in the country.
His subjects are apt to be ships
ior rocky coasts and harbors;
*some of his best work, however,
was done along the banks of the
old Delaware Canal in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, where he
lives.
In this exhibit we find three
lithographs, one a rocky promon
tory with pines against the sky,
another a beached Maine lobster-
boat, with the owner’s shack be
hind it, the third a view of a
Gloucester fishing schooner on
the ways in that New England
town of the Cod.
‘ The decorative ship prints on
the walls come from a collection
made by Dr. William Chase
Mudgett, which he left with his
successor, Dr. McMillan. Each one
is of a ship or ships—clipper, East
Indiaman, man o’war—famous in
their day. And there is the
steam-and-sail yacht “Jeanette”
I which went on an exploration
cruise to the Arctic from which
she never returned.
Last item of note is the model
of the “Bonhomme Richard,”
generally to be found in the
North Carolina Room but now
brought forth to join the other
ships in this marine exhibit.
This model is the work of a
famous model builder. Tanner
by name, maker of models in the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
collection, in the U. S. Naval Mu
seum at Annapolis and in the
Smithsonian Institute. Made to
scale in every detail, the Richard
model was a product of collabo
ration between the builder and
author James Boyd. As there
were no plans known of the ac
tual ship, working drawings of
its type, the French East India
man, were used, with the addi
tion of changes in the hull made
by John Paul Jones when the
old ship was bought from the
French and refitted in a I’Orient
shipyard. Jones’ drawings, of
which facsimilies were secured
from the Navy Department, were
carefully followed, making the
model, it is believed, as nearly
authentic as possible.
Especially interesting are the
extra large fighting tops, (the
platforms on the masts). Here
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Jones posted his best marksmen,
many of them frontiersmen, to
tally unfamiliar with sea war
fare. It was largely to their skill
with the long-shooting American
Dechard rifles, with which they
were able to pick off the officers
and gunners of the British vessel,
that the American victory was
attributed. That and the courage
and determination of the com
mander.
’The model is a^stirring remind
er of that great battle with H. M.
S- Serapis in which John Paul
Jones uttered the words that
have been called the slogan of
the U. S. Navy. It will be recall
ed that when the battle was at
ifs height, with the American
ship apparently getting the worst
of it, a British shot severed the
Richard’s flagstaff and the flag
dropped. The British captain
called out asking if Jones had
surrendered. The Richard was
afire below, half her guns were
gone and she was listing heavily,
but John Paul Jones did not
hesitate. “Surrender?” he re
plied. "Why, sir, I’ve not begun
to fight.”
The show at the gallery, which
will remain for another week, is
a simple culling of some familiar,
some less well-known times;
good work, interesting, evocative.
Where it is ships and the sea
that are evoked, there will always
be many to respond.
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