Title: DICTATOR Author: Place: New York Publisher: Nesbitt & Co., Printers Date: January 1859 Description: Clipper ship sailing card, on porcelain coated stock, with color wood-engraved illustration. 10.3x16.5 cm. (4¼x6½”). Sailing card for the “Fast Sailing Clipper Ship” of Coleman’s California Line, Jackson the commander. Unusual in that the engraved illustration (of a Roman on horseback leading his soldiers, with a clipper ship in the distance) covers the whole card. Small typed label on verso with ship name and card date. Siegel 88. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight rubbing, a bit of oxidation at lower edge, glue residue and adhesion damage on verso from mounting in scrapbook, else very good or better. Item number: 277224
Title: DICTATOR Author: Place: New York Publisher: Nesbitt & Co., Printers Date: January 1859 Description: Clipper ship sailing card, on porcelain coated stock, with color wood-engraved illustration. 10.3x16.5 cm. (4¼x6½”). Sailing card for the “Fast Sailing Clipper Ship” of Coleman’s California Line, Jackson the commander. Unusual in that the engraved illustration (of a Roman on horseback leading his soldiers, with a clipper ship in the distance) covers the whole card. Small typed label on verso with ship name and card date. Siegel 88. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight rubbing, a bit of oxidation at lower edge, glue residue and adhesion damage on verso from mounting in scrapbook, else very good or better. Item number: 277224
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