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Hand-colored Currier lithograph of the Steam Ship Great Britain w/ 6 masts, 15 sails, and one smoke structure in a 3/4 in. gilt frame. Seven flags including 3 British fly from the steamship and two life boats hang over the boat's side.
marines (visual works)
prints (visual works)
hand coloring
lithography
paper (fiber product)
marines (visual works)
Unidentified Paper
Lithography
Hand Colored
Maritime
PICTURE, MARITIME
Printed beneath print: ""Lith & pub. by N Currier 2 Spruce St. N.Y./ 3500 Tons. Lieut. Jas. Hosken(?) R.N. Commander./ Engine 1000 Horse power. The largest in the world. Length from Figorehead to Tafrail(?) 322 feet./ Weight of Iron used in the ship and engine is 1500 Tons. Off Sandy Hook August 10th 1845. Main breadth 50.6 Depth 32.6/ 354""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Currier, Nathaniel (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
16.375 x 20.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.338
Conningham. Currier and Ives Prints. [No Publisher].
1845 (After)
New York state (United States)
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