The United States Gunboat Metacomet
Charles Parsons, American, 1821 - 1910
1863
Hand colored lithograph on Wove Paper
Image: 15 3/4 × 29 13/16 in. (40 × 75.8 cm)
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 34 in. (53 × 86.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.964.27
Publisher
Endicott & Company, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, on stone, lower left: C. Parsons / 63.; printed, lower center: Lithographed & Published by Endicott & Co, 53 Beekman St. New York. / THE UNITED STATES GUNBAOT, METACOMET. / Built by Tho.s Stack, Williamsburghy, L.I. Engine by D. McLeod, South Brooklyn Steam Engine & Boiler Works Brooklyn, NY
Provenance
Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1964.
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