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"Great Western"
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
Object type: photograph
Maker: Ackermann & Co.; Appleton & Co.; Philp & Evans; Hazard, W.
Place made: unknown
Date made: 1860-1930
Materials: paper; photographic process
Measurements: 5 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in
Nomenclature: steamers
Classification: ship portraits
CC-P-0192
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
Object type: photograph
Maker: Ackermann & Co.; Appleton & Co.; Philp & Evans; Hazard, W.
Place made: unknown
Date made: 1860-1930
Materials: paper; photographic process
Measurements: 5 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in
Nomenclature: steamers
Classification: ship portraits
Photograph of a print in very poor condition, with soiling, creasing, and numerous tears. Print depicts, in side view, the steamer "Great Western" at sea, with two sailing ships in the background. The title and publisher information is printed on the lower margin. Some pen inscriptions appear atop the masts of the steamer, on the print.
CC-P-0192