"Great Western"

Object summary

Title: "Great Western"
Object ID: CC-P-0192
Date made: 1860-1930
Place made: Unknown
Publishers: Ackermann & Co.; Appleton & Co.; Philp & Evans
Draughtsman: Hazard, W.
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Photograph of a print in very poor condition, with soiling, creasing, and numerous tears. Print depicts, in side view, the steamer "Great Western" at sea, with two sailing ships in the background. The title and publisher information is printed on the lower margin. Some pen inscriptions appear atop the masts of the steamer, on the print.

Inscriptions

Type: ink
Location: atop print in photograph
Inscriber: unknown
Text: "Wm Appleton & Son of 51 Beacon St. Boston owned in[?] Great Western 1840 from N.Y. to Bristol"