Swordfish (1851)

Bar Scale on plan. A reduced photographic reproduction drawing showing the sail plan for Swordfish (1851), a three-masted 170ft sailing clipper built by William H. Webb, New York, Yard Number 64.

Inscription: From "Webbs plans of Wooden Ships".

This plan is a photographic print from a negative held at the New York Public Library in the William H. Webb Collection. This collection consists of a selection of plates removed from W. Webb's two-volume publication “Wooden Vessels built by William H. Webb in the City of New York, 1840-1869.”, published in 1895.