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H. Percy Ashley, Capt. , (1868–unknown)

Illinois

1930
34 1/4 in. x 34 5/8 in. (87 cm x 87.95 cm)

Medium and Support: Ship model

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Accession Number: 1931.S6

Current Location: On view : GC2

Commentary

Illinois
Hudson River Packet Sloop

Built at Newburgh, New York, in 1818
Length 84 ft.; Beam 26 ft. 6 in.; Tonnage 140 tons

Vessels like the Illinois maintained the commerce of the Hudson River from Colonial times until the middle of the nineteenth century. She was built for the regular packet service between Newburgh and New York, carrying passengers and freight. She had a cabin with berths for twenty-eight passengers and was said to have been luxuriously fitted up for the sixty-mile voyage, which often took several days. Before the railroads were built, there were great numbers of these packets plying regularly between the towns along the river and New York City.

Robert E. Peabody, "Illinois" catalogue entry in ed. John Ratté, Models of American Sailing Ships, rev. ed. (Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1994), 56

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

1/4" scale: Models of American Sailing Ships Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/25/1994 - 1/12/1995

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