Title:
The wreck of the Yankee Blade, as she apeared [sic] on the evening of October 1st, 1854
Creator/Contributor:
Harrison, A. T. (active ca. 1854), artist (artist)
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer (lithographer)
Date:
1854
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0184--B
Format:
print on tinted paper: lithograph
20.6 x 26.4 cm., image on sheet 41.2 x 26.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Sidewheel steamship floundering on rocks off shore; survivors on deck and shore.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): The wreck of the Yankee Blade, as she apeared [sic] on the evening of October 1st, 1854. Printed (LC,
below title): From a drawing made upon the spot by one of the passengers, A.T. Harrison; (LL): Britton & Rey, lith. Handwritten
letter dated 1855 on recto and verso.
Subjects:
Events;
Vessels
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Marines (Visual works);
Pictorial lettersheets