A print of a ship with many large, white sails, leaving port with "Clipper Ship 'Nightingale'" printed beneath the scene.

Clipper Ship "Nightingale." Getting Under Weigh off the Battery, New York.

James E. Buttersworth (1817-1894)

Date

1854
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Drawn on Stone by Charles Parsons

Published by Nathaniel Currier
Dimensions

Image: 16 7/16 x 24 in.
Sheet: 20 15/16 x 28 6/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. signed on stone: J.E. Butterworth
l.l.: C. PARSONS DEL.
l.l. in graphite: RLM # [illeg.]
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.Y. \ CLIPPER SHIP "NIGHTINGALE." \ GETTING UNDER WEIGH OFF THE BATTERY, NEW YORK. \ NEW YORK PUBLISHED, BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU STREET.
l.r.: LITH. BY N. CURRIER
l.r. in graphite: MSxx
Credit Line

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

1975.59
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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