Description
Grand Republic by William G. Muller
The great sidewheel excursion steamer, Grand Republic, 1879-1924. The largest steamboat ever constructed for exclusive excursion service in the port of New York, shown heading southbound through the Hudson River highlands in 1918.
Generously donated by William G. Muller from his Personal Collection. Muller grew up on the Hudson River. As a young man, he served as quartermaster aboard SS Alexander Hamilton in the 1950s and went on to become a master painter, specializing in the steamboat era in the Hudson River and beyond. A founding director and Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists, Muller serves as an advisor to the National Maritime Historical Society.
Image size: 16 1/2 x 25″
Sheet size: 22 1/4″ X 30″
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