Biography of George C. Wales
George C. Wales (1868-1940) was an MIT graduate in naval architecture and a noted marine artist. He worked at the firm of Peabody & Stearns in Boston, from 1888 to 1891. He was in partnership from 1891 to 1906 at Wales & Holt, Boston, Massachusetts and then maintained a private design business until 1924. He began to study art by 1917 and had his first exhibition in 1921. He published “Etchings and Lithographs of American Ships” in 1927 and also produced vessel drawings used as illustrations in various publications by Howard I. Chapelle.
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Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Barker, Josiah, 1763-1847
Chapelle, Howard Irving, 1900-1975
Doughty, William
Humphreys, Joshua, 1751-1838
Humphreys, Samuel, 1778-1846
Vessels:
Alfred (Schooner)
America (Schooner)
Boxer (Schooner)
Constitution (Frigate)
Contest (Brig)
Elsie (Schooner)E
ssex (Frigate)
Grand Turk (Brig)
H.M. Raleigh (Brig)
Lexington (Brig)
President (Frigate)
Prince de Neufchatel (Schooner)
Raleigh (Frigate)
Rattlesnake (Privateer)
Virginia (Frigate)
Washington (Galley)
Wasp (Sloop)
Subjects:
Fishing boats–Design and construction
Revenue cutters
Sailing ships–Design and construction–History–18th century
Sailing ships–Design and construction–History–19th century
Schooners–Design and construction
United States–History–Revolution, 1775-1783
United States–History–War of 1812
United States–Continental Navy
United States–Navy–History
Warships–Design and construction
Warships, 1780-1790
Warships, 1810-1820
Document Types:
Illustrations
Ships plans
Occupations:
Boatbuilders–United States
Naval architects–United States
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Administrative Information
Coll. 52, Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. For more information, please e-mail collections.
| Vessel designs; 1912-1938 | ||
| 52.1 | WASP; 120 ft. LWL naval sloop | Designer, Josiah Fox; Builder, Washington Navy Yard; 1806 |
| 52.2 | GLAD TIDINGS; 39 ft. fishing schooner | Designer, Howard I. Chapelle; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.3 | W. H. DIMOND; 164 ft. barquentine | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.4 | SYLPH; 59.83 ft. market schooner | Designer, Dennison J. Lawlor; Builder unknown; 1865 |
| 52.5 | ALBERTINE; 27.33 ft. sandbagger sloop | Designer, Patrick H. McGiehan; Builder, Patrick H. McGiehan; 1871 |
| 52.6 | SUBTLE; 76 ft. naval schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.7 | UNIDENTIFIED; Naval sloop | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.8 | UNIDENTIFIED; Slaver brig | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.9 | UNIDENTIFIED; Schooner | Designer, Samuel Humphreys; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.10 | UNIDENTIFIED; 72.5 ft. schooner | Designer unknown; Builder, Oliver Burnham; Date made unknown |
| 52.11 | UNIDENTIFIED; Pilot schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.12 | RAINBOW; Sharp packet ship | Designer, John W. Griffiths; Builder, Smith & Dimon; 1845 |
| 52.13 | MARBLE HEAD; Schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.14 | MADGIE; 90 ft. schooner | Designer, Richard Fanning Loper; Builder, Theodore Byerly & Son; 1857 |
| 52.15 | SPLENDID; 53.83 ft. fishing schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1832 |
| 52.16 | TRENTON; 54.42 ft. fishing schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Circa 1840 |
| 52.17 | JOHN MCKEON; 78 ft. pilot schooner | Designer unknown; Builder, Isaac Webb; 1838 |
| 52.18 | FLYING CLOUD; 217.42 ft. clipper ship | Designer, Donald McKay; Builder, Donald McKay; 1851 |
| 52.19 | UNIDENTIFIED; 28.75 ft. Southampton fishing hoy | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.20 | ENCHANTRESS; 136.75 ft. schooner | Designer, Robert Fish; Builder, S. Pine; 1870 |
| 52.21 | UNIDENTIFIED; 61.75 ft. Grand Banks schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.22 | UNIDENTIFIED; 40.66 ft. Chebacco schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.23 | ALBERT STEELE; 67 ft. fishing schooner | Designer unknown; Builder, Luke Burnham; 1851 |
| 52.24 | ELSIE; 124 ft. fishing schooner | Designer, Thomas F. McManus; Builder, Arthur Dana Story; 1910 |
| 52.25 | AMERICA; 101.5 ft. schooner | Designer, George Steers; Builder, William H. Brown; 1851 |
| 52.26 | CHALLENGE; Great Lakes schooner | Designer, William Bates; Builder unknown; 1852 |
| 52.27 | UNIDENTIFIED; 44.08 ft. Chebacco schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Circa 1819 |
| 52.28 | AGATE; 79.83 ft. whaling schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1853 |
| 52.29 | WASHINGTON; 72.33 ft. 2-masted galley | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1776 |
| 52.30 | VIXEN; 84 ft. 14 gun warship | Designer, Benjamin Hutton, Jr.; Builder, William Price; 1803 |
| 52.31 | VIRGINIA; 126.25 ft. 28 gun frigate | Designer unknown; Builder, Wells; Circa 1776 |
| 52.32 | UNIDENTIFIED; 81.33 ft. schooner rigged privateer | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.33 | UNIDENTIFIED; 60 ft. U. S. revenue cutter | Designer, Willliam Doughty; Builder unknown; 1825 |
| 52.34 | UNIDENTIFIED; U. S. revenue cutter | Designer, Willliam Doughty; Builder unknown; 1815 |
| 52.35 | CAMPBELL; U. S. revenue cutter | Designer unknown; Builder, Graves & Fenbie; 1849 |
| 52.36 | UNIDENTIFIED; U. S. revenue cutter | Designer, Willliam Doughty; Builder unknown; 1815 |
| 52.37 | MORRIS; 73.33 ft. naval schooner | Designer, Samuel Humphreys; Builder, New York Naval Shipyard; 1831 |
| 52.38 | RATTLESNAKE; 89.25 ft. privateer | Designer, John Peck; Builder unknown; Circa 1781 |
| 52.39 | UNIDENTIFIED; 124.75 ft. West Indiaman | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.40 | SKIDDY; New York pilot boat | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1820 |
| 52.41 | PRESIDENT; 173.25 ft. frigate | Designer, Joshua Humphreys and William Doughy; Builder, Christian Bergh; 1800 |
| 52.42 | PRINCE DE NEUFCHATEL; 118.66 ft. hermaphrodite schooner | Designer unknown; Builder, Christian Bergh; 1813 |
| 52.43 | GRAND TURK; Brig | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.44 | FROLIC; 119.46 ft. sloop of war | Designer, William Doughty; Builder, Josiah Barker; 1813 |
| 52.45 | LEXINGTON; 86 ft. 16 gun brig | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1775 |
| 52.46 | ESSEX; 141 ft. frigate | Designer, William Hackett; Builder, Enos Briggs; 1799 |
| 52.47 | CONSTITUTION; Frigate | Designer, Joshua Humphreys; Builder, George Claghorn and Hartt’s Shipyard; 1797 |
| 52.48 | UNIDENTIFIED; 62 ft. naval schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1797 |
| 52.49 | UNIDENTIFIED; Gunship | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.50 | MARIA; Naval schooner | Designer, Coleman; Builder unknown; 1776 |
| 52.51 | UNIDENTIFIED; 100 ft. brig and UNIDENTIFIED; 108 ft. sloop | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.52 | RALEIGH; 131.42 ft. frigate | Designer, James K. Hackett; Builder, John Langdon and James K. Hackett; 1776 |
| 52.53 | BACCHUS; 100 ft. 16 gun brigantine sloop | Designer, Sir Henry Peake; Builder unknown; 1811 |
| 52.54 | UNIDENTIFIED; 108.75 ft. fire ship | Designer, William Taylor; Builder unknown; 1805 |
| 52.55 | HANCOCK; 136.58 ft. frigate | Designer unknown; Builder, Greenleaf, Cross & Cross; 1776 |
| 52.56 | UNIDENTIFIED; 100 ft. brig | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1804 |
| 52.57 | Naval rowing craft; 30 ft. launch; 28 ft. pinnace; 30 ft. 8-oared cutter; 26 ft. yawl | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.58 | BOXER; 105.33 ft. naval schooner | Designer, Samuel Humphreys; Builder, Charlestown Navy Yard; 1831 |
| 52.59 | BADGER; 68.5 ft. brig | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Circa 1776 |
| 52.60 | OLIVER CROMWELL; 85.75 ft. privateer | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.61 | CONTEST; 84 ft. brig | Designer, Sir Henry Peake; Builder, William Good; 1812 |
| 52.62 | ALFRED; 111 ft. naval schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1775 |
| 52.63 | NON-BOAT; Windlass | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.64 | UNION; 80.16 ft. centerboard schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.65 | DOS AMIGOS; 83 ft. slaver schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.66 | H.B.M. BERBICE; Privateer | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Circa 1775 |
| 52.67 | SWIFT; 49 ft. pilot boat | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Circa 1797 |
| 52.68 | HALLIFAX; 58.25 ft. naval schooner | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; Date made unknown |
| 52.69 | SWIFT; 60 ft. brig | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1721 |
| 52.70 | H.M. RALEIGH; Brig | Designer unknown; Builder unknown; 1806 |
| 52.71 | WASP II; 119.46 ft. naval sloop | Designer, William Doughty; Builder, Cross & Merrill; 1813 |
This collection inventory was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).