Print of Cramp's Shipyard, 1892

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PRINTS
USA, PA, Philadelphia
1892
paper; wood
overall: 9 x 12 1/2 in.

Print of Cramp's Ship Yard in 1892. Image depicts aerial view Cramp's Shipyard in Philedephia, PA with various vessels of different sizes docked and coming in or out of port and numerous manufacturing buildings. Two vignettes in the upper corners depict two Cramp's vessels; USS YORKTOWN depicted upper left, MORNING LIGHT (built 1853) depicted upper right. Print in fair condition; edges have small tears across each length. Diagonal ink mark extends along the lower left corner; similar marking blocks out upper buildings in the center to the rightmost dock, could be intentional marks? Print is not placed correctly in frame; placed over matting. Frame in poor fair condition, wear present throughout. Overall: 12 3/4 x 17 7/8 x 3/4 in. (framed); 9 x 12 1/2 in. (print)


2002.5.2

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