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The Great Eastern

1859

PSS Great Eastern

1855-1865

PSS Great Eastern

1860

The PSS Great Eastern off the Isle of Wight

circa 1860
Colour print. "The Great Eastern". From a painting by Edwin Weedon. Printed by Leighton Bros. Published as a Supplement to The Illustrated London News, 1859/09/17. Shows vessel with sails set and other vessels in background. Text:-"The Great Eastern. Length 692 feet, Breadth 83 feet, Depth 58 feet, tonnage 23,000."

"The Great Eastern"

1859/09/17
Print. The Great Eastern - Afloat / (After E.W. Weedon.) ; The Illustrated London News. - [London], Nov. 7th, 1857. Chromolithograph [Leighton Process?]; image 32x45cm on sheet 41x54cm. - beneath title: Length, 695 Feet. Breadth, 118 Feet. Tonnage, 22500 Tons. - The PSS Great Eastern in steam and sail moving [to l] through choppy sea, two small boats in foreground

The Great Eastern - Afloat

1857