Clipper Ship Thermopylae

Object summary

Title: Clipper Ship Thermopylae
Object ID: CC-R-0001-Y
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Photographer: Coolidge, Baldwin
Draftsman (after): Cornish, H. J.
Lithographer (after): Maclure & Macdonald
Object type: Print
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Photo-processed reproduction of a lithograph depicting the port-side ship portrait of the 'Thermopylae.' On the verso, is the photographer's copyright stamp and a handwritten note: 'Naval Science' / E. J. Reed Editor / Public Library[?] Vol. 2 July 1873.

Inscriptions

Type: graphite
Location: recto, bottom left
Text: R-01(Y)

Type: graphite
Location: verso, top right
Text: "Naval Science" / E. J. Reed Editor / Public Library[?] Vol. 2 July 1873

Type: stamp
Location: verso, bottom right
Text: Baldwin Coolidge, / Photographer, / 410 Boylston Street, Boston.

Type: stamp
Location: recto, bottom left of print
Text: Clark Collection MIT