Surprise" - built at East Boston in 1850 by Samuel Hall" – Antique Wall Art
(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 rare historic photograph captures Surprise" - built at East Boston in 1850 by Samuel Hall" in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Surprise" - built at East Boston in 1850 by Samuel Hall"
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The clipper *Surprise* was built at East Boston in 1850 by Samuel Hall, one of the most respected shipbuilders of the period. This photographic print, made around 1924, reproduces a painting of the ship rather than a photograph taken at the time of her launch. East Boston yards turned out many of the fast, narrow-hulled clippers of the 1850s, built for the China tea and California gold rush trades, when speed under sail was a matter of commercial pride. The 1920s reproduction shows how interest in these ships revived as Americans looked back on the age of sail.
| Created / published | c1924. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930.Paintings Reproductions 1920-1930. |
| Notes | G71200 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of painting(?). Copyright by A. Clive Edwards and Foster brothers. |
| Subjects | Sailing ships--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,244 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-191214 |
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