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Lot 591
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$300 -
400
Price Realized
$469
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Lot Description
[TRANSPORTATION]. Steamboat "Catskill" - Capt. Blanch-1873.
Visible 22 7/8 x 11 1/16 in. oil on canvas (craquelure, some large cracks, relined); framed to 25 7/8 x 14 in. (unglazed, unexamined out of frame).
A view of the steamer Catskill, sidewheeler with one steam stack. The ship, her captain, and the year are painted to the lower margin.
The steamer was a Hudson River vessel that ferried both passengers and freight. In September 1897 the Catskill was sunk when she was struck by the excursion steamer St. Johns, reported by the New York Times on15 September 1897.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents