The Celebrated Clipper Ship "Dreadnought"

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The Celebrated Clipper Ship "Dreadnought"
The Celebrated Clipper Ship "Dreadnought"
Publisher (American, 1813 - 1888)
Date1854
MediumHand-colored lithograph
DimensionsComposition: 16 1/4 in. × 24 in. (41.3 × 61 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 25 7/8 in. (50.5 × 65.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.21
Not on view
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Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "America on the Move", January 9 - February 21, 1988 (no cat.).

1970
Schenectady, NY. Schenectady Museum. "Exhibition of American Paintings", March 20 - April 30, 1970 (no cat.).

1963
Utica, NY. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Auditorium Gallery. January 13 - February 10, 1963 (no cat.).

Utica, NY. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Fountain Elms.
Provenance – 1958 Samuel Hopkins Adams
By 1959 Hamilton College (Clinton, NY); bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891.
Signature Signed in stone at lower left: J.E. Butterworth; in typeset at lower left: C. PARSONS, DEL.; in typeset at lower right: LITH. BY N. CURRIER; in typeset at lower center: NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU STREET
Inscribed Signed in typeset at lower left: C. PARSONS, DEL.; in typeset at lower right: LITH. BY N. CURRIER; in typeset at lower center: NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU STREET; entitled and dedicated in typeset at lower center: To David Ogden Esq. this Print of the CLIPPER SHIP "DREADNOUGHT."; inscribed in typeset at lower center below title: OFF SANDY HOOK FEBRUARY 23D. 1854._ NINETEEN DAYS FROM LIVERPOOL, / is Respectfully dedicated by the Publisher,; inscribed in typeset at lower center: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y.; in typeset at lower left: DIMENSIONS: / LENGTH OF KEEL....................200 FEET / LENGTH ON DECK....................217 " / BREADTH OF BEAM....................39 " / EXTREME BREADTH....................41 "; in typeset at lower right: DEPTH OF HOLD....................26 FEET. / TONNAGE PR REGISTER...............1413 / THREE DECKS / BUILT BY CURRIER & TOWNSEND / AT NEWBURYPORT MASS. 1853.; in pencil at lower left: 23
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