[SAINT Thomas]:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company

TOWN AND HARBOUR OF ST. THOMAS, WEST INDIES, LATELY PURCHASED BY THE UNITED STATES [caption title]. A large and attractive print depicting a fleet of five square riggers resting in the calm harbor of Charlotte Amalie, Danish Virgin Islands. The ships' masts reflect downward into the smooth blue waters with only a few sails raised, perhaps to dry. Drooping flags surmount the ship's tall spars. Natives are shown in a small rowboat in the foreground. A wharf extends from the island with people walking the shoreline there, and other ships lie farther toward the shore. A half circle of mountains dip their base into the blue-green waters of the harbor, their tops skirting the horizon, making a perfect backdrop for this somnolent scene.

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