By Which Melancholy Occurrence: The Disaster Prints of Nathaniel Currier, 1835–1840

The hapless steamboat Lexington left New York for its usual run up to Stonington, Connecticut, at three o'clock in the afternoon on January 13, 1840, carrying passengers and a cargo of cotton bales. The day was particularly cold and the seas beyond Throgs Neck particularly high; almost all the...

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Main Author: Genoa Shepley
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Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2014-11-01
Series:Panorama
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spelling doaj-381111f41503479da4d1a6d666dc43672021-06-16T20:21:01ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingPanorama2471-68392014-11-0112https://doi.org/10.24926/24716839.1518By Which Melancholy Occurrence: The Disaster Prints of Nathaniel Currier, 1835–1840Genoa ShepleyThe hapless steamboat Lexington left New York for its usual run up to Stonington, Connecticut, at three o'clock in the afternoon on January 13, 1840, carrying passengers and a cargo of cotton bales. The day was particularly cold and the seas beyond Throgs Neck particularly high; almost all the passengers aboard elected to pay the extra 50¢ fare to be off the deck and inside the luxurious heated cabins. https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/by-which-melancholy-occurrence-the-disaster-prints-of-nathaniel-currier-1835-1840/ 1.2alexander jackson daviscurrier and ivesgenoa shepleynathaniel curriernicolino calyonineteenth-century artworks on paper
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By Which Melancholy Occurrence: The Disaster Prints of Nathaniel Currier, 1835–1840
Panorama
1.2
alexander jackson davis
currier and ives
genoa shepley
nathaniel currier
nicolino calyo
nineteenth-century art
works on paper
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title By Which Melancholy Occurrence: The Disaster Prints of Nathaniel Currier, 1835–1840
title_short By Which Melancholy Occurrence: The Disaster Prints of Nathaniel Currier, 1835–1840
title_full By Which Melancholy Occurrence: The Disaster Prints of Nathaniel Currier, 1835–1840
title_fullStr By Which Melancholy Occurrence: The Disaster Prints of Nathaniel Currier, 1835–1840
title_full_unstemmed By Which Melancholy Occurrence: The Disaster Prints of Nathaniel Currier, 1835–1840
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publishDate 2014-11-01
description The hapless steamboat Lexington left New York for its usual run up to Stonington, Connecticut, at three o'clock in the afternoon on January 13, 1840, carrying passengers and a cargo of cotton bales. The day was particularly cold and the seas beyond Throgs Neck particularly high; almost all the passengers aboard elected to pay the extra 50¢ fare to be off the deck and inside the luxurious heated cabins.
topic 1.2
alexander jackson davis
currier and ives
genoa shepley
nathaniel currier
nicolino calyo
nineteenth-century art
works on paper
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