[Clipper Ship "Ambassador", A.1. 16 Years. 700 Tons Register. Thomas J. Duggan, Commander. Wm. Lund Esq. & others (Owners) Wm. Walker Esq. (Builder)]
[T.G. Dutton, del et lith.]
[London. Published May 27th 1869 by Wm. Foster, 17, Billiter Street, EC.]
Tinted lithograph, proof before letters, 430 x 620mm (17 x 24¼"). Repaired tear lower right not effecting image.
The Ambassador tea clipper sailed between the chinese port of Fuchow and London, once doing so in 108 days (1872). The beached skeleton of the ship is in Estancia San Gregorio, Chile, where it was declared a national monument in 1973. It is one of the few surviving tea clippers. The clipped weighed about 692 tons and was made of steel and teak wood, making it very fast and sleek vessel.
Parker 1950; see 17384 for published state. NMM: PAH8583.
[Ref: 17622] £1,250.00
[London. Published May 27th 1869 by Wm. Foster, 17, Billiter Street, EC.]
Tinted lithograph, proof before letters, 430 x 620mm (17 x 24¼"). Repaired tear lower right not effecting image.
The Ambassador tea clipper sailed between the chinese port of Fuchow and London, once doing so in 108 days (1872). The beached skeleton of the ship is in Estancia San Gregorio, Chile, where it was declared a national monument in 1973. It is one of the few surviving tea clippers. The clipped weighed about 692 tons and was made of steel and teak wood, making it very fast and sleek vessel.
Parker 1950; see 17384 for published state. NMM: PAH8583.
[Ref: 17622] £1,250.00