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ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS WILLISConnecticut, 1850-1925The Defender in 95". Unsigned. Titled lower center. Designed in 1895 by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by his namesake firm the same year, the Defender successfully defended the tenth America's Cup by defeating the British keel cutter Valkyrie III.Private Collection, Kentucky.Oil on canvas with applied...