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small vessel in the foreground is the New York pilot boat ‘P’ (see H. Parker, ‘Catalogue of the MacPherson Collection’ (unpublished).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?
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Object Details
ID: | PAF7751 |
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Collection: | Fine art |
Type: | |
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 |