Object Number 1974.0210

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

LOSS OF THE STEAMBOAT SWALLOW WHILE ON HER TRIP, FROM ALBANY/ TO NEW-YORK,...

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Nathaniel Currier (Lithographer and publisher)
03/27/1813-11/20/1888

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1845

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1845, by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern Dist.\t of New-York.
2. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Lith" & Pub: by N. Currier, 2 Spruce S.\t, N.Y.

Subjects

Maritime; Seascape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Construction Description

Handcolored.

Dimensions (inches)

10 (H) , 14.06 (W) , 9 (Image H) , 12.67 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.4 (H) , 35.72 (W) , 9 (Image H) , 12.67 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at center. No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Currier, Nathaniel

Publication Date

1855

Place of Publication

2 Spruce Street, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 319, pp. 452-453.