Chris Jepson

By ChrisJepson

Wilhelmina Harvey Crossing the Seven Mile Bridge.

Rick Worth, perhaps best known for his large-scale murals around town, has been painting Key West-inspired scenes for more than 25 years.
One of the best known, painted on the side of Bobby’s Monkey Bar at the corner of Olivia and Simonton streets, is affectionately titled “Wilhelmina Harvey Crossing the Seven Mile Bridge.”
A takeoff on a famous portrait of Washington crossing the Delaware, it portrays a “Washington” who looks much like the late Florida Keys Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey. Dressed in a traditional commodore’s outfit complete with a feathered tricorn hat, she is shown captaining a rowboat filled with oarsmen from all walks of life making their way toward the Middle Keys’ landmark bridge.

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