The Great Britain Steam Ship. 1000 horse power _ Length 322 Feet _ Breadth 50 feet _ Weight of Iron used in the Ship & Engins 1500 Tons. Built at Bristol & Launched 19th July 1843 _ 3500 Tons.
J.T. Wood, 33 Holywell St, Strand London. J. Windsor Card Maker 2 Meredith Street, Clerkenwell. [n.d., c.1843.] Steel engraving on porcelain card. Sheet 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Some staining to edges. A souvenir card for the launching of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, at the time the largest ship in the world.
[Ref: 42027] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)