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The First ship

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Image ID

807970


Item data

Title

The First ship

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1599 & Earlier

Names

Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie (Engraver)
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889 (Illustrator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1842 (Inferred)
Place: Boston

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-15

Subjects

North America -- To 1599
Indians of North America -- To 1599
Bows (Weapons) -- To 1599
Tree trunks
Arrivals & departures
Salutations

Genres

Reproductive Prints

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: "John G. Chapman." "Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie." "Boston, Published by D. H. Williams."--lettered on border.
Source Note: Possibly from The token and Atlantic souvenir, an offering for Christmas and the New Year, 1842.
Content: Cf. image ID 806753.

Physical Description

Steel engravings
Extent: 14 x 11 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613278
Barcode: 33333159301353
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 55861e60-c52f-012f-24e5-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1842

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The First ship" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1842. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55861e60-c52f-012f-24e5-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1842). The First ship Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55861e60-c52f-012f-24e5-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The First ship" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55861e60-c52f-012f-24e5-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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