The Electric

The Electric is shown flying an early form of the flag of the United States of America, before the arrangement of the stars in the top left canton had been officially codified. The small vessel in the foreground is the New York pilot boat ‘P’ (see H. Parker, ‘Catalogue of the MacPherson Collection’ (unpublished). The engraver is given as ?F Sala?

Object Details

ID: PAF7751
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Electric (1854)
Date made: 1854
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 308 x 397 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 556 mm