Photographs of paintings of steamships by Joseph Lee
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Description
- Title
- Photographs of paintings of steamships by Joseph Lee
- Creator
- Selleck, Silas Wright, ca. 1828-1885
- Contributor
- Lee, Joseph, 1827-1880.
- Published / Created
- 1860-1870.
- Abstract
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Photographs created by Silas Wright Selleck of San Francisco, California, documenting paintings by Joseph Lee of steamship profiles built by shipwrights in the San Francisco Bay area, ca. 1860-1870
Two images depict steamships attributed to builder Patrick H. Tiernan, including the Alameda and El Capitan. The painting of the El Capitan flies a banner that reads "S.F. & O.R.R. Co.", probably the San Francisco & Oakland Railroad Company. The mounts for these photographs include printed information regarding the length of deck, breadth of beam, depth of hold, tonnage, stroke, and cylinder of each ship
An image depicts the North Pacific steamship, probably of the North Pacific Transportation Company, and an inscription in the painting attributes its construction to builders Gates and Collyer, San Francisco
An image of the Amador steamship, which does not include any builder identification, but includes the date of 1869 within the image, and an inscription on the verso identifies it was built for the California Steam Navigation Company
- Description
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Provenance
- Immediate source unknown.
- Extent
- 4 photographic prints : 27.0 x 45.5 cm. on mounts 29.3 x 46.3 cm. and smaller.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos Folio 41
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Pictorial works
Copy prints
Photographic prints - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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United States.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) - Subject (Name)
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Lee, Joseph, 1827-1880.
Selleck, Silas Wright, ca. 1828-1885.
Tiernan, Patrick H.
Alameda (Steamship)
Amador (Steamship)
California Steam Navigation Company.
El Capitan (Steamship)
Gates and Collyer.
North Pacific (Steamship)
North Pacific Transportation Company.
San Francisco & Oakland Railroad Company. - Subject (Topic)
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Marine painting
Marine painting, American - Subjects
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Lee, Joseph, 1827-1880
Selleck, Silas Wright, ca. 1828-1885
Tiernan, Patrick H.
Alameda (Steamship) > Pictorial works
Amador (Steamship) > Pictorial works
California Steam Navigation Company
El Capitan (Steamship) > Pictorial works
Gates and Collyer
North Pacific (Steamship) > Pictorial works
North Pacific Transportation Company
San Francisco & Oakland Railroad Company
Marine painting > 19th century > United States
Marine painting, American
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Silas Wright Selleck, Photographs of Paintings of Steamships by Joseph Lee. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 6779963
- Object ID (OID)
- 10000275
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