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Le Clipper American Electric : De New York au Havre, Arrivant Aux Etatus Unis en vue du Feu de Sandy Hook.

  • ARTIST: Louis Lebreton

  • PUBLISHER: Paris, Wild, edit rue de la Banque 15 pres de la Bourse.

  • MEDIUM: Two-color lithograph with handcoloring,

    DATE: c.1854.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 14 9/16 x 24 1/16" (370 x 612 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Drawn by Lebretton. Imp. Lemercier, Paris. (printed by). The clipper ship Electric was built in 1853 by Irons & Grinnell in Mystic, Connecticut. On one voyage in 1862 she sailed from Hamburg carrying emigrating Mormons to America.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Fair condition, good original color. Tear in the title margin and tear right into color both repaired. Narrow (1/2") side margins.

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