Great Lakes Art Database

The Milwaukie

Description
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Creators
Miller, J. C., Artist
Megarey, H. J.
, Publisher
Bennett, W. J.
, Engraver
Item Type
Aquatints
Description
This coloured aquatint shows the paddle steamer Milwaukie, in port broadside view, steaming past a brick-built light house which is on the left-hand side of the image. Black smoke pours from the funnel. Figures standing around the light house survey the scene, as do the passengers crowded on the decks of the steamer. The ship's name is on the side of the vessel and on a pennant flying from the stern. A company flag flies from the bow and a flag on the mast appears to bear the symbol of an eagle with outspread wings. Dark, billowing clouds indicate an approaching storm.
Inscriptions
The Milwaukie,
Bound up Lake Erie passing the Light House at Buffalo

Paint'd by J. C. Miller
Pub'd by H. J. Megarey New York
Eng'd by W. J. Bennett
Date of Original
1838
Dimensions
Width: 83.8 cm
Height: 61.1 cm
Image Dimensions
Image Width: 58.2cm
Image Height: 47.2cm
Subject(s)
Lighthouses
Milwaukee (steamboat)
Local identifier
PAH8858
Collection
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Buffalo
    New York, United States
    Latitude: 42.8783368530083 Longitude: -78.8895279895019
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
Website:
https://aglmh.net

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The Milwaukie


This coloured aquatint shows the paddle steamer Milwaukie, in port broadside view, steaming past a brick-built light house which is on the left-hand side of the image. Black smoke pours from the funnel. Figures standing around the light house survey the scene, as do the passengers crowded on the decks of the steamer. The ship's name is on the side of the vessel and on a pennant flying from the stern. A company flag flies from the bow and a flag on the mast appears to bear the symbol of an eagle with outspread wings. Dark, billowing clouds indicate an approaching storm.