Description:

Currier & Ives Great Eastern Steamship Lithograph, captioned with extensive ship dimensions and design information below image, in a painted wood frame. Frame size: 14 5/8 in. x 18 1/2 in. The Great Eastern is famous for laying the first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable that connected the U.S. to Great Britain in late 1866. The ship was designed, owned and engineered by Isambard K. Brunel the celebrated engineer who built the first railways in England and some of the first major bridges in England. Brunel also assisted Sir William Fothergill Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone in advancing the invention and implication of the first perfected commercial electric telegraph system in the world.

Measurements: Height: by sight 11 1/2 in. x Width: 15 1/2 in.

Condition:

Fair condition, mounted, toning and foxing to paper, 2 in. tear left edge, wear and scratches to frame.

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