Content/DescriptionSteamship with bow at right in calm waters with US flag at stern. Bermuda(?) flag on foremast. The merchant vessel sank with 146 passengers aboard in the waters of the Golden Gate strait, California, in 1901.
Title
The Shipping Vessel "The City of Rio de Janeiro" in Calm
Published
not before 1901?
Full Collection Name
Framed items from the collections of The Bancroft Library
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1984.048:01--FR
Type
Image
Extent
1 painting on canvas mounted on academy board : oil ; visible image 43.7 x 57.7 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
On bow of ship: City of Rio de Janeiro. On mast flag: MSU. On verso: looks like "City of Rio de Janeiro" on bow. The artist who made / the S in MSU on flag / made it backwards / RBH / 1962.
Provenance
Gift of Robert B. Honeyman Jr.
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