Bark Catalpa of New Bedford
Title
Bark Catalpa of New Bedford
Date made
1876Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, form one stone
Text printed from matrix
Printed title lower centre below image in black ink, 'BARK CATALPA OF NEW BEDFORD / 202 TONS REGISTER'. Printed text lower centre below image in black ink, 'DRAWN BY E.N. RUSSELL, / of New Bedford, Mass.'. Printed lower right below image in black ink, 'The Forbes Lith Mfg. Co. Boston'. Printed lower left below image in black ink, 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1876, by E.N. Russell, / in the office of the Library of Congress, at Washington.'
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.
Subject description
In 1876 the whaling Bark Catalpa sucessfully rescued six Irish political prisoners from the British penal colony in Fremantle, Australia.
Legacy id
204642
Last Updated
09 Jan 2013