Steam yacht under sail

daguerreotype

PHOTOGRAPHS - DAGUERREOTYPES
Case 3-7/8 x 4-7/8 in. Sight 2-15/16 x 3-15/16 in.

Daguerreotype of lithograph. Starboard view of foreign (possibly Egyptian) ship rigged auxiliary yacht under power and sail, rowboat in foreground. Printed in lithograph at bottom "THE PROPELLOR STEAM YACHT [Arabic writing, see original main card] 1300 TONS 1000 HORSE POWER". Daguerreotype cracking and lifting. In leatherbound hinged case with metal frame and red velvet padding.


1975.48

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