Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in the world – Antique Print
![Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in the world, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1875. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/34/34d4da37bb74-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in the world brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in the world
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The title sets this print apart: it presents the Three Brothers as a 2,972-ton vessel and "the largest sailing ship in the world." Currier & Ives, a New York firm that sold inexpensive lithographs of ships, trains and current events to a wide public, issued it in 1875. By then steamships were steadily taking over long-distance trade, so a huge sailing ship was both a source of pride and a kind of wonder. The subject heading "Curiosities & wonders" suggests the publisher saw the vessel as a spectacle as much as a ship.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1875. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 3507 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1288. |
| Subjects | Sailing ships--1870-1880. Curiosities & wonders--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,119 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175449 |
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