Packet ship WASHINGTON, first TransAtlantic mail vessel subsidized by the USA

color lithograph

PRINTS - LITHOGRAPHS
web coll buttersworth01
Buttersworth, James E.; India House
Circa 1942
6-7/8 x 9-5/8 in.; sheet 11-3/4 x 13-7/8 in.

Color lithograph, printed at center below picture, "FIRST TRANSATLANTIC MAIL VESSEL SUBSIDIZED BY U.S.A./ OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S PACKET WASHINGTON 1640 TONS/ BUILT BY WESTERVELT & MACKAY AT NEW YORK 1847"; printed at lower left below picture, "(C) 1942 India House, Inc., N. Y."; printed at lower right below picture, "J. E. Buttersworth, Pinxt."; port broadside view of auxiliary vessel under sail off coast, 4 boats and land in background, painting signed lower right "J. E. Buttersworth".

1967.140.10