Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls.

After H. Sewell American
 Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier American
 Publisher Benjamin H. Day American

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A ship, the Mexico, is tossed in ocean waves during a storm. In the foreground five men on shore attempt to throw ropes to the crew in a lifeboat at left.

Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls., After H. Sewell (American, active New York, 1836–37), Hand-colored lithograph

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