"...U.L. Gun Boat Niphon..."

lithograph

Lithograph on paper; black and white illustration of the port side of the wooden and iron screw steamer, U.L. Gun Boat NIPHON; text on lower left mat board reads "S.S. TUCKERMAN, PINXT./ SCREW STEAMER, 475 TONS, BUILT 1863, BY/ SILVANUS SMITH AND THE ATLANTIC WORKS/ AT EAST BOSTON."; printed across center "U.L. Gun Boat Niphon./ U.S.GOV'T BOUGHT WHEN NEW - SOLD TO BRAZIL IN APRIL, 1865."; written on lower right side "J.H. BUFFORD'S LITH. BOSTON./ THE FIRST COMPOSITE VESSEL BUILT IN/ MASS. FOR COMMERCIAL USE. WRECKED/ IN GALE NEAR AMOY, CHINA. JAN. 1868."