Ship of the General Steam Navigation Company, Water Witch, of 500 tons

Object summary

Title: Ship of the General Steam Navigation Company, Water Witch, of 500 tons
Object ID: CC-F-0170
Date made: 1841
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Publisher: Huggins, William John
Engraver: Rosenberg, Charles
Object type: Aquatint
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A port-side view of the paddle steamer 'Waterwitch' with a trail of dark gray smoke emitted from her smoke stack on deck. The aquatint appears to be trimmed. The top corners are cut rounded and the production detail on the engraver's name in the bottom right margin is cut off. The 'Waterwitch' was the first screw steamship built on the River Clyde in Scotland.

On the verso is a faint transfer imprint (or bleed-through) of crewmembers on a whaleboat and a harpooner attacking a whale.