Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls.
Nathaniel Currier|H. Sewell|Benjamin H. Day
1846–56 · Hand-colored lithograph · Drawings and Prints
A ship, the Mexico, is tossed in ocean waves during a storm. In the foreground five men on shore attempt to throw ropes to the crew in a lifeboat at left.
- Artist
- Nathaniel Currier|H. Sewell|Benjamin H. Day
- Date
- 1846–56
- Medium
- Hand-colored lithograph
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962