4-Masted ship COUNTY OF EDINBURGH stranded at Point Pleasant, NJ, February 12, 1900

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NJ, Point Pleasant
1900-02-12
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.

Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; handwritten in negative lower left "675" and at bottom "Ship 'County of Edinburgh'/ Stranded at Pt. Pleasant N.J. Feb 12 - 1900". Antonio Jacobsen did a painting, apparently from this photograph, see Mariners Museum painting "County of Edinburgh Ashore at Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, circa 1902"; see duplicate 2008.28.4.150.

2008.28.3.103