Title:
The Shipping Vessel "The City of Rio de Janeiro" in Calm
Creator/Contributor:
Unknown, artist
Abstract:
Content/DescriptionSteamship with bow at right in calm waters with US flag at stern. Bermuda(?) flag on foremast. The merchant
vessel sank with 146 passengers aboard in the waters of the Golden Gate strait, California, in 1901.
Date:
[not before 1901?]
Subject:
Vessels
City of Rio de Janeiro (Steamship) -- Pictorial works
Steamboats -- Pictorial works
Note:
Gift of Robert B. Honeyman Jr.
Type:
Marines (Visual works)
Physical Description:
1 painting on canvas mounted on academy board : oil ; visible image 43.7 x 57.7 cm.
On bow of ship: City of Rio de Janeiro. On mast flag: MSU. On verso: looks like "City of Rio de Janeiro" on bow. The artist
who made / the S in MSU on flag / made it backwards / RBH / 1962.
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1984.048:01--FR
Filename:
brk00001260_20a.tif
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