Price: $100.00
SKU: 8656
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.