Identically housed in Eastlake ebonized and gold frames with new ivory mats behind glass. One shows one boat rounding the buoy with four men on deck with the other yacht in the distance. Signed “JE Buttersworth”. The other unsigned, showing a green hulled boat passing a buoy with light house in distance. Literature: Bonhams sale 21592, Fine Marine Paintings and Decorative Arts, 25 June 2014, Lot 179 for another example of A racing yacht on Great South Bay; Schaefer, Rudolph J., J.E. Buttersworth – 19th Century Marine Painter, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT., 2009, pg. 127 for the oil on canvas version of A racing yacht on Great South Bay. Schaefer, Rudolph J., J.E. Buttersworth – 19th Century Marine Painter, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT 2009, pg. 118 for a similar scene of yachts racing off Sandy Hook with the same lighthouse and buoy. SIZE: Sight: 7″ x 9-3/4″. Overall: 15-1/2″ x 17-3/4″. CONDITION: Foxing line and age toning, loss to small section of signature. 52366-1 (3,000-5,000)