Sailing ships warping through pack ice, lithograph print – Vintage Wall Art
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This antique lithograph of Sailing ships warping through pack ice, lithograph print brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Sailing ships warping through pack ice, lithograph print
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Ice-bound sailing ships being warped, or hauled by lines, through a field of pack ice make an unusual pick for a board devoted to steamboats, and that mismatch is worth noticing. Warping was a slow, labor-intensive method in which crews moved a vessel by hauling on anchored lines, and in polar and northern waters it was often the only way to get a ship through jammed floes when wind and sail alone would not serve. Lithographs of this kind were popular in the nineteenth century, when prints of voyages and maritime hazards reached a wide public through illustrated periodicals and books. The scene shows how much of early ice navigation depended on muscle and patience rather than engine power.
| Original scan | 5,113 × 4,131 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 16 |
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