Vintage Nautical Decor: print.

The "Essex" East Indiaman (built 1780), which at one time cruised as a privateer against the Dutch.

• Title:  THE ESSEX
• Artist: From an aquatint by J. Wells after T. Luny
• Medium:  Print: 
• Year Issued:  1925, London
• Dimensions:  9.75 x 12.25 in (248 x 312 mm)
• Paper:  Wove
• Reverse:  Blank
• OPS Serial No.:  GAS-003

Series: GAS - The Golden Age of Sail
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Condition:  Excellent. No defects.

About: This is an original page from a book printed in Great Britain by Morton, Burt & Sons, Ltd. over 90 years ago. It is neither a modern copy nor a digital download created for resale. This series of nautical prints includes color and black and white ilustrations of the "Tall Ships" Indiamen, Packets and Clipper Ships, from contemporary engravings and paintings in the Macpherson Collection. This edition was limited to one thousand five hundered copies of which this is No. 96.