American Steamboats on the Hudson, passing the Highlands

by Currier, pub Ives

$4,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Two of the floating palaces that sailed the Hudson River. A fine example. This very handsome portrait of two of the great Hudson River steamboats: the Drew and the St. John, was drawn by the artistic team of Charles R. Parsons and Lyman Atwater, who provided Currier & Ives some their best martime scenes and city views. Here Parsons and Atwater capture two of the luxury steamers that plied the Hudson during what could be called the Golden Age of steamboat travel. Once

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