Handsome boudoir card photograph showing the racing schooner Nirvana slicing through the water, heeled over on a tack with sails full. The vessel is crisply captured from the stern quarter as she leans into the wind, her name visible in the negative below. The composition emphasizes the vessel’s elegant lines and tall rig, with a scattering of other sailboats visible on the horizon, suggesting a regatta or organized event.

The mount is stamped by photographer Gubelman and bears the number 912 in the lower corner. An evocative maritime image from the golden era of American yachting, and a fine companion to other views of competitive sail from the period.