Steamship Lexington disaster

Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington
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 FollenCharles Follen
Publisher
Currier and Ives
Relation
Charles FollenCharles 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
Item sets
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