The Fire King Steam Ship. Burthen 600 Tons _ 150 Horse Power _ Robert Ewing Commander _ getting under weigh off Liverpool.To the Chairman and Directors of the Ardrossan and Liverpool Steam Packet Company, This Print of their Spelndid and Powerful Vessel is Respectfully Dedicated by their Obedient Servant, Samuel Walters.
Painted by Samuel Walters. Fairland, lith. 45 St John's Squ.e London.
Published by S. Walters, 99 Mill Streetm & Mr Aylward, Lord Street, Liverpoolm & Ackermann & Co. London [n.d., c.1839].
Scarce tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾") very large margins.
A paddlesteamer, built in 1839 as a pleasure yacht for Thomas Assheton Smith, with engines by Robert Napier. In 1840 it was converted for passengers and served the Ardrossan-Liverpool route, a 13 hour journey, with departures coinciding with mail train arrivals from Glasgow and London. In 1847 it was sold out of the British register.
[Ref: 57870] £480.00
Published by S. Walters, 99 Mill Streetm & Mr Aylward, Lord Street, Liverpoolm & Ackermann & Co. London [n.d., c.1839].
Scarce tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 310 x 400mm (12¼ x 15¾") very large margins.
A paddlesteamer, built in 1839 as a pleasure yacht for Thomas Assheton Smith, with engines by Robert Napier. In 1840 it was converted for passengers and served the Ardrossan-Liverpool route, a 13 hour journey, with departures coinciding with mail train arrivals from Glasgow and London. In 1847 it was sold out of the British register.
[Ref: 57870] £480.00