Steamboat docked at Smith Island off Philadelphia, 1850

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Steamboat docked at Smith Island off Philadelphia, 1850

Item Info

Item No: pdcc01003
Title: Steamboat docked at Smith Island off Philadelphia, 1850
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Drawing of a steamboat, as seen from the front, docked at Smith Island on the Delaware River. Caption in lower left corner written in the hand of George Robert Bonfield (1805-1898), a leading marine painter working in the Philadelphia area during the Nineteenth Century. Caption reads: Steamer B........at Smith Island off Philad. 1850. The words "from nature" are written lower right corner.


Creation Year: 1850
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.10
Creator Name: Bonfield, George Robert, 1805-1898 - Artist
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler