"On the Burning of the Steamer LEXINGTON"
broadside
ADVERTISINGafter 1840
paper
10-3/4 x 7-3/4 in.
Woodcut engraving (broadside), port view of steamer LEXINGTON with poem entitled: "ON THE BURNING OF THE/ STEAMER LEXINGTON". Marked at bottom: "Stereotyped, Printed and Sold at No. 71 Greenwich Lane, between Perry and Hammond streets." Vessel LEXINGTON (bu. 1835, NY, by Bishop & Simonson; burned 1/13/1840 in Long Island Sound)
1981.64.35