Apr 16, 2013 - Sale 2310

Sale 2310 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(IRISH-AMERICANS.) Russell, E.N.; artist. Bark Catalpa, of New Bedford. Lithograph, 14 x 22 inches; closed separations at folds, edge wear. Boston: Forbes, 1876
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The Catalpa was a New Bedford whaling vessel which was sent to Australia in a successful effort to free six imprisoned members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1876. These escapees went on to new lives in America, some under assumed names. This print depicts the dramatic arrival of the prisoners aboard the Catalpa by whaleboat, just ahead of a police boat. It includes a descriptive key and the facsimile signature of Captain George S. Anthony.