- Title:
- The Great Britain Iron Steam Ship
- Date:
- 1846
- Materials & Techniques:
- Lithograph on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 5/8 × 21 7/8 inches (39.7 × 55.6 cm), Image: 12 7/8 × 21 inches (32.7 × 53.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "a77065 | nu-"
Lettered, lower center: "Launch of THE GREAT BRITAIN Steam Ship, | AT BRISTOL JULY 19TH 1843. | To His Royal Highness Prince Albert H.G. &c &c &c | under whose Auspices this Magnificent Vessel was launched and who on that occasion honoured our City with his presence | This print commemorating that interesting event is with His Royal Highnesses Gracious permission respectfully dedicated by | The Publisher"; lettered, lower right: "The weight of Iron used in the Ship and Engines | is upwards of 1500 Tons | By the action of Low-pressure steam used expansively | in 4 Cylinders of 88 inches in diameter with 6 Feet | stroke 1000 Horse Power will be applied to a | Propeller of 16 feet in diameter revolving under | the stern."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.314
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42071
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Thomas Picken, 1815–1870, British, The Great Britain Iron Steam Ship, 1846
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