Ship Charlemagne
Item
Creator
Roux, Frederic
Title
Ship Charlemagne
Description
This is an image of the ship Emma Willard sailed from New York to Le Havre, France on in 1829. The ship Charlemagne was one of many passenger ships of the period which regularly travelled across the Atlantic, due to the rise in middle class travel.
Date
1828
Source
Original watercolor located in the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
Contributor
Snyder, Samantha
Bibliographic Citation
The Marine Room of the Peabody Essex Museum (Salem: Peabody Museum, 1921), 18-20.