Plate

printed and hand-coloured with a port broadside view of Brunel's Great Western under sail and steam. The four-masted paddle steamer is shown with a small boat in the foreground and a buoy labelled 'Port Bristol'. Under the scene is a transfer-printed inscription: ‘Great Western Steam Ship. Length 236 Feet Breadth 58 1/3 Feet’.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4382
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Plate
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1860
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 25 x 190 mm
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