"Loss of the McLELLAN"
color lithograph
PRINTS - LITHOGRAPHSDay & Son; May, Walter William
Arctic Ocean
paper
sheet 10-1/6 x 14-1/8 in.; image 10 x 14 1/8 in.
Hand colored lithograph. Title at bottom: "Loss of the McLELLAN". (Whaleship MCLELLAN of New London, bu. 1825, Bath, Maine. Lost near Melville Bay, Davis Straits in 1852) At lower left: "Commr. W. W. May, Del.". Walter W. May (1831-1896) was marine artist and former commander in British Navy. At lower right: "Day & Son. Lithrs. to the Queen". At upper right: "PL II".
1939.1605