Steamship Lexington disaster

Title

Steamship Lexington disaster

Rights

Public Domain

Type

Lithograph

Creator

W.K. Hewitt ; Nathaniel Currier. lithographer

Date

1840

Description

The fire and sinking of the Steamship Lexington on Long Island Sound in 1840, that killed abolitionist Charles Follen. This was one of the first popular lithographs by Currier and Ives.

Charles Follen

Publisher

Currier and Ives

Relation

Charles Follen

Subject

Drawn by W.K. Hewitt ; Nathaniel Currier. lithographer - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g03102, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1264596