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Title
The United States gunboat Wyalusing
Creator
Parsons, Charles, 1821-1910, artist
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.), printer
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.), publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1863
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of the United States paddlewheel gunboat the Wyalusing sailing with other ships visible in the far background.
Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history and date of ship launch. "Lithographed & Published by Endicott & Co. 59 Beekman St. New York."--text, bottom center margin. "Built by Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. Engine by Pusey, Jones & Co. Wilmington, Del."--text, bottom center margin. "C. Parsons '63"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom left of image. "Hull Length 240 feet. Breadth 35 feet. Depth 12 ft. 974 Tons : Engine Diameter of Cylinder 59 inches, Inclined L.P. Stroke 8 feet 9 inches."--text, bottom left and right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 53.34 x 83.5 cm (21 x 32 7/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_MIL_001434
404086
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4082
Language
English
Subject
Ships--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
American Civil War
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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