Philadelphia Packet Ship "Tuscarora" watercolor, 1848
Permanent ID:
1206Call number:
K: 1-49Date:
June 1848Inscription:
Philadelphia Packet Ship "Tuscarora" of Cope Bro.'s, Liverpool Line. Lost at sea near Cadiz, Spain, on the night of the 9th of January 1873. At 11 o'clock she sunk in a dreadful gale with Capt. Dunlevy and 14 of his men, the mate and 10 men were picked up next morning. The steamer Burton Irwin of Glasgow, Scotland lay by her until she sunk. She sailed from Mobile Alabama in Dec. 1872 with 3650 Bales of Cotton for Liverpool, Eng. Sketched in the stream at Walnut Street Wharf, Philadelphia in June 1848. By D.J. Kennedy.Address:
PhiladelphiaFormat:
WatercolorsDimensions:
Width: 32 cm, Height: 25 cm (image)Collection:
David J. Kennedy watercolorsRelated Person or Organization:
David Johnson Kennedy, 1816-1898 (creator)Related Terms:
Marine art (is described by)Merchant ship (is described by)