Clipper Ship "Great Republic"

Object summary

Title: Clipper Ship "Great Republic"
Object ID: CC-R-0015
Date made: 1855
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Publisher: Currier & Ives; Currier, Nathaniel
Draftsman: J. B. Smith & Son
Lithographer: Parsons, Charles
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

An uncolored, port-side view of the clipper ship 'Great Republic.' All her sails are full and set. A clipper heads towards her in the left background; another clipper ship and steamship sail in the distant horizon. The 'Great Republic' was noteworthy as she was the largest wooden clipper ever constructed. On 27 December 1853, a fire broke out and she was burnt to near the waterline ("water's edge"). She was eventually salvaged and rebuilt with reduced masts.