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Nathaniel Currier|H. Sewell|Benjamin H. Day

Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls.

1846–56
Hand-colored lithograph
19.2 × 34.3 cm (7.6 × 13.5 in)

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