The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Britannia (John Hewitt Commander) as she appeared leaving her dock at East Boston, February 3d, 1844, bound from Boston to Liverpool, a canal having been cut in the ice 7 miles long and 100 feet wide

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The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Britannia (John Hewitt Commander) as she appeared leaving her dock at East Boston, February 3d, 1844, bound from Boston to Liverpool, a canal having been cut in the ice 7 miles long and 100 feet wide

Hand-coloured. This is the ship on which Dickens went to America in 1842, as recounted in his 'Amer-can Notes'. NMM has the silver wine set (by Lows, Ball of Boston), presented by the passengers to her commander, John Hewitt, at the end of that stormy voyage.

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Object Details

ID:	PAH0228
Collection:	Fine art
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Places:	Unlinked place
Vessels:	Britannia (1840)
Date made:	1840; 3 Feb 1844
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 289 x 453 mm; Mount: 483 mm x 637 mm