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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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Smyth
Description engraver and illustrator
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.

Original caption: "The 'Britannia' steam-ship leaving Boston, U.S.". The text of the associated article stated, "Our Illustration represents the Britannia just saved from a position which excited much attention. In January, 1844, the noble vessel became perfectly ice-bound in the harbour of Boston; when, by extraordinary labour, a channel was cut for her through the 'thick-ribbed ice;' and on February 1, she steamed out of the harbour, amidst the shouts of the people at so great a triumph of perseverance." Britannia was Cunard's first transatlantic steamship.
Date 23 October 1847
date QS:P571,+1847-10-23T00:00:00Z/11
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The BRITANNIA steamship leaving Boston, U.S., from an illustration on p. 272 of the October 23, 1847 issue of The Illustrated London News, held at the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. Original TIFF scan converted to PNG for upload.

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID cph.3b16579.
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