With the outbreak of the First World War in Europe, shipbuilding in the town of Camden, Maine, enjoyed a sudden resurgence. A massive four-masted wooden ship, the first built there in seven years, was taking shape at the newly reopened Robert L. Bean Yard. As a witness to this "great beginning," George Bellows observed, "I feel the reverence the ship-builder has for his handiwork. . . . I am filled with awe, and I am trying to paint as well as he builds, to paint my emotion about him."
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