Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Steamboat "Southampton"
Object Number:
1935.72
Date:
1880
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
frame: 33 x 44 1/2 in. ( 83.8 x 113 cm )
Overall: 26 x 38 1/8 in. ( 66 x 96.8 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "J. Bard, N.Y., 1880/Feby."
Description:
Amidships, slightly forward of the paddle box, is one black funnel while at either end of the large super-structure is a wheelhouse. Both ends of the vessel are so constructed as to permit vehicles to be driven on and off.
The vessel is traveling at full speed, leaving a white foam in its wake. This picture is a representation of one of the first ferryboats of the double end construction to ply in New York waters.
Gallery Label:
Built in 1869 in Wilmington, Delaware, for the Long Island Railroad Company, the Southampton did service from Peck Slip, Manhattan to Hunter's Point, Long Island City.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
