The Great Eastern Steamship Coming up the Narrows, from "Harper's Weekly"
John McNevin, American, active 1856 - 1863
1860
Woodcut on paper Newsprint
Overall: 15 3/4 × 22 1/4 in. (40 × 56.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.X.117
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in block, lower left: M'Nevin; printed, lower center: THE "GREAT EASTERN" STEAMSHIP COMING UP THE NARROWS INTO THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK, JUNE 28, 1860. - [DRAWN FROM THE TELEGRAPH STATION ON STATEN ISLAND.]
Provenance
Source unknown.
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