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The American Steam Packet Caroline Descending the Great Falls of Niagara, after being set on fire by the British, Decr. 29th 1837, with a distant view of Navy Island, Chippewa & Schlosser   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. Grieve, after a sketch by W. R. Callington, engineer, Boston
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Publisher J. Robins
Title
The American Steam Packet Caroline Descending the Great Falls of Niagara, after being set on fire by the British, Decr. 29th 1837, with a distant view of Navy Island, Chippewa & Schlosser
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
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English: The American Steam Packet Caroline Descending the Great Falls of Niagara, after being set on fire by the British, 29 December 1837, with a distant view of Navy Island, Chippewa & Schlosser.


John Grieve 1839-1842 (fl.), 33 Nicholas Lane, Lombard Street, London.
Nicholas Lane were the premises of Andrew Reid Grieve and John Grieve before 1847.
Depicted place Niagara Falls
Date circa 1838
date QS:P571,+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium color lithograph
Dimensions height: 277 mm (10.90 in); width: 374 mm (14.72 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,277U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,374U174789
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
Accession number
PAF4871
Source/Photographer Royal Museums Greenwich
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  • Litho From another sketch by W. R. Callington, engineer, Boston
    Litho From another sketch by W. R. Callington, engineer, Boston

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