D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Ship, HOME, lying on its side in a stormy sea. Row boats of people in water to left. Remainder of title: ” by which melancholy occurrence ninety-five persons perished.”
Currier & Ives frequently illustrated America’s growing interest in technology and transportation. Unfortunately, steamboats were often dangerous and Currier & Ives did a brisk business with the approximately 50 steamboat disaster prints the firm marketed.
- Object Creator
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Currier, Nathaniel (American, 1813-1888)
- Object Creation Date
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Undated
- Medium
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Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions
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16 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches
- Credit
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Gift of Lenore B. and Sidney A. Alpert supplemented with Museum Acquistions Funds
- Accession Number
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2004.D03.437
- On View?
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No
- Image Request
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Request Image for Reproduction
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