SUNBEAM on Railway

Mediumcharcoal, paper

Dimensions15 1/8 × 13 1/4 in. (38.4 × 33.7 cm)

Object number1974.3.2

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionA charcoal drawing of the bark SUNBEAM on railway: top gallant, mizzen top masts down, eagle sternboard, stone embankment, broken wooden pilings, a small boat, water in the foregound. There are two buildings and a house at the right with masts behind. Several buildings, one with a cupola, one with a steeple are at the left. The title "The Blubber Hunters, by Clifford Warren Ashley, Fitting Out and Cruising" below; bell on gallows inscribed "SUNBEAM 1856."

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