The Europa and Niagara

Object summary

Title: The Europa and Niagara
Object ID: CC-R-0192
Date made: 1848
Place made: United Kingdom, Scotland, Inverclyde, Greenock
Painter and publisher: Clark, William
Printer: Day & Son Ltd.
Lithographer: Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Portraits of two Cunard, Royal Mail steamships off the tail of the bank. The 'Europa' is navigating to the left of the print with its port-broadside visible while the 'Niagara' is anchored in the right. She flies signals. Both ships made regular passages from Liverpool to Halifax to Boston/New York and used as Crimean War transport vessels in 1854.