Clipper Ship "Red Jacket"

Object summary

Title: Clipper Ship "Red Jacket"
Object ID: CC-T-0076
Date made: 1855
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Publisher: Currier, Nathaniel
Draftsman: J. B. Smith & Son
Intermediary draftsman on stone: Parsons, Charles
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A port-broadside view of the American, extreme clipper ship 'Red Jacket' in ice off Cape Horn in 1854. All sails are furled except the three topsails and the outer jib. In the foreground, penguins stand on the icebergs. In the background are two large glaciers of ice.