The steam ship President, Lieut Roberts RN Commander the largest in the world. Supposed to have struck an Iceberg on her voyage from New York to Liverpool in March 1841 and sunk with all on board...

A starboard broadside view of the steam ship ‘President’ under steam. The generic landmass and few small vessels have been dwarfed by the ship’s depicted size in the picture. Coloured lithograph by N. Currier.

Object Details

ID: PAH0220
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Currier, Nathaniel
Vessels: President (1839)
Date made: ca.1839
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 237 x 340 mm
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