The Old Print Shop

Up the Hudson.

  • ARTIST: A. E. Emslie

  • PUBLISHER: Harper's Weekly, New York.

  • MEDIUM: Wood engraving with modern handcoloring,

    DATE: 1870.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 3/16 x 13 13/16" (233 x 351 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: In 1851, upon the completion of the Hudson River Railroad between New York and Albany, riding the Hudson River Day Line steamers became a recreational pursuit. The best known of these ships was the "Mary Powell" a sidewheeler built in 1861.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

  • REFERENCE: Harper's July 30, 1870. Page 488.

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