'Shipyard', also 'Marcy-Pettigrew Shipyard, Strawbery Banke' Limited Edition of 75

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is a river city founded in 1623. The south end, which includes Strawbery Banke, is one of the early colonial settlements along the Piscataqua River. It was not until the 1850s that vessels were regularly built in Portsmouth's South End. Launching the merchant ship Sarah E. Pettigrew marked a new era in shipbuilding on the Piscataqua River, and the Marcy-Pettigrew shipyard built some of the finest vessels.

The drawing for the woodcut "Shipyard" was made in the early 2000s from the top of the Pierce Island Bridge, looking down onto the La Cava Lobster Company and the surrounding wharves and early American houses. La Cava Lobster was recently demolished, and the surrounding area is now primarily residential. It still retains a sense of past commercial importance along a protected shoreline. The South End meeting house rises above, and skyward anchors decorate the design.