The American Clipper Ship, Witch of the Wave

Object summary

Title: The American Clipper Ship, Witch of the Wave
Object ID: CC-E-0017
Date made: 1852
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Lithographer and publisher: Currier, Nathaniel
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Hand-colored ship portrait of the "Witch of the Wave." The ship was an extreme clipper and was used in the California Trade for 34 years. She held the record time for the passage from Calcutta to Boston.

Inscriptions

Type: graphite
Location: recto
Text: 1852

Type: stamp
Location: recto
Text: Clark Collection MIT

Type: stamp
Location: verso
Text: [Nordstrom] Collection No.

Type: graphite
Location: verso
Text: R-9

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