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Frederick James Smyth: The "Britannia" Steam-Ship leaving Boston   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Frederick James Smyth  (fl. 1841–1867)  wikidata:Q52231668
 
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Work period 1841 Edit this at Wikidata–1867 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q52231668
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The Illustrated London News
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The "Britannia" Steam-Ship leaving Boston
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English: The "Britannia" Steam-Ship leaving Boston, US Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 23 October 1847.

The ILN gives a lengthy and detailed report in this issue of the steamer on the rocks at Cape Race on the 14th of September, she sustained great damage but did eventually make it to Boston and then to New York. The picture here is taken from 1841 when the ship sailed out of Boston on 1 February after being icebound.

"The Illustrated London News." Illustrated London News, 23 Oct. 1847, p. 257. Historical Archive 1842-2003, Accessed 18 Feb. 2021.

Title: The BRITANNIA steamship leaving Boston, U.S.

Abstract/medium: 1 print : wood engraving.
Date 23 October 1847
date QS:P571,+1847-10-23T00:00:00Z/11
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  • Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1847 October 23, p. 272.
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  • Caption card tracings: Mass. Boston 1847; Mass. Boston harbor...; Ships BRITANNIA; Shelf.
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