The Ship "Ocean Monarch" OF NEW YORK, 2145 Tons, John Raphael Isaac, circa 1856

The ocean monarch, built in 1856, at the time the largest sailing ship yet constructed at a new york shipyard. On 9 march 1862 she was thrown on her beam ends in a gale and abandoned. A week later twenty two survivors were picked up by the schooner oliver h. Booth. Tinted lithograph on wove paper, published by john raphael isaac in liverpool circa 1856. Object Type: print. Date: circa 1856. Dimensions: height: 21 in (53.3 cm); width: 28 in (71.1 cm). Medium: lithograph. John R Isaac - The Ship 'Ocean Monarch' of New York, 1856