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The Great Eastern

The Great Eastern

1859

PSS Great Eastern

PSS Great Eastern

1855-1865

PSS Great Eastern

PSS Great Eastern

1860

The PSS Great Eastern off the Isle of Wight

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

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