Ned Rackham espied the derelict score of captives on the cay
Date1922
Artist
Frank Earle Schoonover
(American illustrator and painter, 1877–1972)
Illustration Citation"Blackbeard the Buccaneer," by Ralph D. Paine, in The American Boy, July 1922; reprinted in Blackbeard, Buccaneer, by Ralph D. Paine (Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1922)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (92.1 x 76.8 cm)
frame: 40 1/8 x 34 1/8 in. (101.9 x 86.7 cm)
frame: 40 1/8 x 34 1/8 in. (101.9 x 86.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Frank H. Mackie, Jr., 1992
Object number1992-76
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThese bedraggled sailors, desperately waving colorful rags, are hopeful that the ship in the distance will rescue them. They were suspected of mutiny by the pirate captain Blackbeard, who marooned them on a remote island. The captain of the approaching ship is Ned Rackham, Blackbeard's rival pirate leader. 
