Clipper Ship "Adelaide" off Sandy Hook, "Hove to for a Pilot"

Object summary

Title: Clipper Ship "Adelaide" off Sandy Hook, "Hove to for a Pilot"
Object ID: CC-R-0017
Date made: 1856
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Publisher: Currier & Ives; Currier, Nathaniel
Draftsman: J. B. Smith & Son
Draftsman on stone: Parsons, Charles
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A port-side view of the full-rigged clipper ship 'Adelaide' off Sandy Hook in choppy waters. A smaller two-masted vessel, presumably the pilot, is to the left of the bow of the 'Adelaide.' Two men row a gentleman in a suit and top hat in a rowboat between the pilot and the clipper ship. The clipper flies an American flag above the stern, a red flag with a large "A" on the mainmast, and a blue flag with white and black dots on the foremast.