A color print of a ship with many large, white sails on a rough ocean with text outlining details of the vessel below it.

Clipper Ship "Dreadnought." Off Sandy Hook, February 23d 1854. Nineteen days from Liverpool

James E. Buttersworth (1817-1894)

Date

1854
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Drawn on Stone by Charles Parsons

Published by Nathaniel Currier
Dimensions

Image: 16 3/8 x 23 7/8 in.
Sheet: 22 x 27 1/2 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. on stone: J.E. Butterworth \ C. PARSONS, DEL..
l.l. in graphite: 3
l.c.: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.. \ To David Ogden Esq. this Print of the \ Clipper Ship "Dreadnought". \ OFF SANDY HOOK FEBRUARY 23[D] 1854. NINETEEN DAYS FROM LIVERPOOL, \ is Respectfully dedicated by the Publisher, \ NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU STREET
l.r. LITH. BY N. Currier
l.r. descriptive key
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1973.68
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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