The President Steam Ship

Object summary

Title: The President Steam Ship
Object ID: CC-T-0001
Date made: 1839
Place made: United Kingdom, England, Merseyside, Liverpool, Liverpool
Publisher: Ackermann & Co.
Engraver: R. G. & A. W. Reeve
Painter (after) and publisher: Walters, Samuel
Object type: Aquatint
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A port-broadside view of the SS 'President,' operated by the British and American Steam Navigation, idling in the River Mersey in Liverpool while passengers embark onto the ship. Passengers board the ship after being ferried by small rowboats or a small steam pilot boat. The Liverpool skyline is in the background. The manuscript inscription in the bottom left margin details how the ship left for New York on March 11, 1841, and was lost at sea. She was never found. According to the inscription, Mr. Tyrone Power, a comedian, and the son of the Duke of Richmond were among the passengers.

Inscriptions

Type: graphite
Location: verso
Text: T1

Type: graphite
Location: recto, bottom left
Text: This vessel sailed from New York bound for Liverpool March 11, 1841. and has never since been hear from. Mr. Tyrone Power the Comedian and a son of the Duke of Richmond were among the passengers.

Type: graphite
Location: recto, bottom right
Text: 9-12

Type: stamp
Location: recto, bottom center right
Text: Clark Collection MIT