Schooner Photograph Liverpool Packet Clipper Ship Dreadnaught Clipper 1850 Photography Hand Tinted Photo

On offer a wonderful large presentation photograph of a painting of the clipper ship Dreanaught, hand colored 19th century printing over sepia: ""One of the fastest and most famous ships built along the Seacoast region was the Dreadnought. Launched by Currier & Townsend in 1853 in Newburyport Mass, she was 212 feet long and displaced 1,414 tons. Put into service as a transatlantic packet she would make an average voyage of 19 days from New York to Liverpool England with cargoes of corn, cotton and other raw materials. The return voyage, with immigrants and manufactured goods, took an average of 26 days. Her fastest time, 10 days from New York City to Liverpool was a record time for crossing the Atlantic. In all, she made twenty trips between the two great ports, before she was nearly sunk in a great storm in 1863." https://shipwiki.wikispaces.com/Dreadnought

SIZE: 9.5" x 7.5"

CONDITION: Decent condition for a fragile 19th century photo -- close to perfect, as shown.

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