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Framed color lithograph of a clipper ship, with four sails, at port. There is an American flag at the back of the ship. The middle staff flag, the top half is white and the bottom half is blue, with a yellow circle in the center. There is a dingy with six figures in the foreground.
color lithographs
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wood (plant material)
Plate, Lithograph
"C. Parsons Del" Embrel according to let of Congrewss in the year of 1834 by N. Currier in the Clerks Offfice of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y." "Lith. by N. Currier." / CLIPPER SHIP "NIGHTINGALE" / "Getting under weigh off the Battery New York" / New York Published by N. Currier 152 Nassau Street"
"CARL E. NELSON / PICTURES & FRAMES / 13 Devenshire St. / BOSTON, MASS." (printed)
"S, St, L." "IL"
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P363
Currier, Nathaniel (Artist)
11 2/16 x 14 10/16 x 9/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.786
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