Bow and Stern of Trireme with Details
date: label: Date
content: June 14,1887
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet depicting a Roman trireme (warship). The upper half of the sheet depicts the bow of the ship, with a tall angular hull with a pointed, curved prow, similar to a duck's bill. The upper section is crenellated, projecting over the port side of the hull, upon which has been painted a fierce eye and brown. Further behind this is a deck opening enclosed by a cross-beam railing. The hull has small portholes, and three oars visible below. To the firth of this is a sketch of the masthead. The lower half of the sheet shows the ship's stern which curves up and over the top of the end of the ship. There is another opening to the deck enclosed by a cross-timbered railing with oars projecting from the wooden hull below. To the right of this is a small sketch of the interior of the ship, depicting in section the dugout-like seats for the rowers.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-196
objectType: label: Type
content: transportation
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray paperboard tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31.2 x 23.8 cm (12 5/16 x 9 3/8 in.), irregular