[SS Great Eastern.] The Leviathan, Ready for Sea.Designed and Constructed by Scott Russell, Esq. - Engineer I.K. Brunel Esq.r F.R.S.
McGuire del & litho.
[n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 520 x 650mm (20½ x 25½"). Laid on card, a few tears, some loss of print in the statistics at bottom. Top right margin damaged.
An early illustration of SS Great Eastern, using the name given to the ship at the official launch in December 1857 by Henrietta Hope, daughter of Henry Thomas Hope, chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. The name was changed to Great Eastern, the intended name, in July 1858.
[Ref: 54062] £460.00
[n.d., c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 520 x 650mm (20½ x 25½"). Laid on card, a few tears, some loss of print in the statistics at bottom. Top right margin damaged.
An early illustration of SS Great Eastern, using the name given to the ship at the official launch in December 1857 by Henrietta Hope, daughter of Henry Thomas Hope, chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. The name was changed to Great Eastern, the intended name, in July 1858.
[Ref: 54062] £460.00