1817 (1907) – Large lithograph advertisement for the prominent British shipbuilder who inspired Robert Fulton, one of whose ships appears in the background
Probably New York: Probably 1907. Unbound. This large (16.5” x 12.5”) chromolithograph reprint of an 1817 British advertising aquatint was printed in the United States, probably in conjunction with the 1907 centennial celebration of Robert Fulton’s first commercially successful steamboat in the world. Identical to the original, which..... More