Steamboats Passing at Midnight – On Long Island Sound

Currier & Ives

1868–78 · Hand-colored lithograph · Drawings and Prints

Steamboats Passing at Midnight – On Long Island Sound — Currier & Ives

Two steamship paddleboats pass in the moonlight, the Bristol crossing to the right and the Providence to the left. A lighthouse shines a beam of light in the background.

Artist
Currier & Ives
Date
1868–78
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962