The American Steamer "Savannah", the First Ocean Steamship

Object summary

Title: The American Steamer "Savannah", the First Ocean Steamship
Object ID: CC-P-0176
Date made: 1854
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Publisher: Gleason, Frederick
Object type: Print
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Side view ship portrait of the three-masted ocean steamer "Savannah", cut from Gleason's Pictoral Drawing-Room Companion. She flies a pennant with her name on the main mast and a US flag on the foremast. Title printed in lower margin. Portions of various fiction works printed on the verso.

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Gleason, Frederick

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