Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
U. S. Frigate Savannah. Struck by a heavy Squall when entering the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, between the hours of 7 & 8, on the evening of July 5th 1856.
Call Number
A Middle 31/Drawer 10/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists A-F GA 2009.00436
Identifier
ark:/88435/0z709596t
Publisher
New York : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1800-1899
Extent
1 item ; print 38.6 x 50.9 cm. sheet 41.1 x 57 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. John. Quackerbos.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Lithographs
Depiction: Seascape with frigate leaning heavily to one side during storm; fort with lighthouse in background at right.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Lith of Endicott & Co. N.Y.".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Wicked Ned" del." This is the name used by David E. Marshall, who also wrote under Ned Cleaveland. He lived in Milford, Conn, in the 1840s-1860s.

Discovery Information

Subject
Savannah (Frigate)—In art
Warships—United States—History—19th century—In art
Frigates—United States—History—19th century—In art
United States—History, Naval—19th century—In art
United States. Navy—History—19th century—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e0487d66-41c5-495a-9205-015dae7e75ac/manifest