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Nathaniel Currier

Extraordinary Express Across the Atlantic – Pilot Boat William J. Romer, Captain McGuire, Leaving for England February 9th, 1846

1846
Hand-colored lithograph
21 × 32.2 cm (8.3 × 12.7 in)

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