Engraving
Maker & role
Unknown, Artist
Production date
1841
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Object detail
Title
The Great Liverpool Steamship
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Collection
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 54 x W: 69 x D: 1.5cm (H: 540 x W: 690 x D: 15mm)
Credit line
Purchase, 1995
Susannah Place Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Susannah Place Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
The Great Liverpool Steamship, artist unknown, linen/textile, 1841
Description
This engraving of 'The Great Liverpool Steamship' is mounted on linen with a faux-engraved frame, which measures 54cm x 69cm.
Steam-power technology for sailing vessels revolutionised long-distance voyaging in the nineteenth century. The Great Liverpool steamship (originally named the Liverpool) was built in 1838. Made from wood, it was 213 feet long (65.1 metres) and 25.5 feet wide (7.8 metres) and 19 feet deep (5.8 metres) and could carry 98 passengers in cabins of varying standards. With an engine capacity of 468 horsepower, it could travel at 9 knots, it made several trans-Atlantic voyages between Liverpool and New York in its early years, the quickest journeys taking 14-16 days. In the 1840s under new ownership of P&O (The Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company) it sailed regularly between Southampton and Alexandria, Egypt where passengers could transfer to east-bound vessels for destinations such as India and Australia. The ship was wrecked after it struck a reef off Cape Finisterre in 1846.
Steam-power technology for sailing vessels revolutionised long-distance voyaging in the nineteenth century. The Great Liverpool steamship (originally named the Liverpool) was built in 1838. Made from wood, it was 213 feet long (65.1 metres) and 25.5 feet wide (7.8 metres) and 19 feet deep (5.8 metres) and could carry 98 passengers in cabins of varying standards. With an engine capacity of 468 horsepower, it could travel at 9 knots, it made several trans-Atlantic voyages between Liverpool and New York in its early years, the quickest journeys taking 14-16 days. In the 1840s under new ownership of P&O (The Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company) it sailed regularly between Southampton and Alexandria, Egypt where passengers could transfer to east-bound vessels for destinations such as India and Australia. The ship was wrecked after it struck a reef off Cape Finisterre in 1846.
Accession number
SP95/18-1
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