The steam ship President (the largest in the world) Lieut Roberts RN Commander on her last voyage from New York to Liverpool. As seen from the Packet Ship Orpheus Capt Cole in the terrific gale of March 12th 1841 at 5 o'clock PM....
A starboard bow view of the ‘President’, viewed from below, caught on a large wave in a storm with her sheets chaotically blowing in the wind. The sun can be glimpsed on the horizon at upper left. Coloured lithograph by Nathaniel Currier.
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Object Details
ID: | PAH0221 |
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Collection: | Fine art |
Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Currier, Nathaniel |
Vessels: | President (1839) |
Date made: | ca.1839; 12 Mar 1841 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 314 x 434 mm |
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