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The American Steam Packet Caroline, Descending the Great Falls of Niagara, after being set on fire by the British, Decr 29th 1837. with a distant view of Navy Island, Chippewa, & Schlosser, by J. Grieve
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After W. R. Callington
The American Steam Packet Caroline, Descending the Great Falls of Niagara, after being set on fire by the British, Decr 29th 1837. with a distant view of Navy Island, Chippewa, & Schlosser, by J. Grieve
handcoloured lithograph, published by J. Robins, London [c.1838]
9 ¼ x 11 ½in. (23.5 x 29.2cm.)
(2)together with ‘The Destruction of The Caroline, Steamboat, by fire, at the Falls of Niagara, Upper Canada, On the Night of Friday the 29th Decr 1837.’, by J. Harris, after G. Tattersall, aquatint printed in colours, published by R. Ackermann, London, 1838
The American Steam Packet Caroline, Descending the Great Falls of Niagara, after being set on fire by the British, Decr 29th 1837. with a distant view of Navy Island, Chippewa, & Schlosser, by J. Grieve
handcoloured lithograph, published by J. Robins, London [c.1838]
9 ¼ x 11 ½in. (23.5 x 29.2cm.)
(2)together with ‘The Destruction of The Caroline, Steamboat, by fire, at the Falls of Niagara, Upper Canada, On the Night of Friday the 29th Decr 1837.’, by J. Harris, after G. Tattersall, aquatint printed in colours, published by R. Ackermann, London, 1838
Literature
Spendlove, p.38 and pl.56 (‘At least four prints were made of the burning of the steamer Caroline on December 29, 1837, which created an international incident. The steamer, which had been used to supply the rebels in the 1837 uprising, was seized while in American waters and sent over the Falls in flames.’)
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