Maritime folk art USS ENTERPRISE Crossing Dateline 1872 sailors ship drawings

Description

Rare sailor-made shipboard marine folk art: USS ENTERPRISE - CROSSING THE LINE - MAY 22nd '78 (a souvenir of crossing the International Date Line, 1878) - an incredible drawing, reproduced on photo paper (presumably soon after, which the photo paper it is printed on is accurate for), showing five scenes on deck - the center one shows several men, one holding a blade to the neck of another, while beneath them a man tries to swim out of a tarp or sail that's full of water - I think it is a PLAY, entertainment performed for those on deck at the left; the other four images are titled: Hailing the Ship, At the Mast, A Refractory Child; and Getting Exempted. This was the fifth USS Enterprise, a barque-rigged screw sloop, launched 13 June 1874 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, US, by John W. Griffiths, a private contractor; and commissioned 16 March 1877, Commander George C. Remey in command. This souvenir is likely from the first voyage of the ship. Measures 6.5x5 inches, blank on the back. I can't find anything like this in the past 15 years of completed auction listings - it seems to be really rare.
Condition: VG (dents and wrinkles, more obvious when tilted in the light).
(Vintage, Antique, Paper, Ephemera, Photo, United States, Navy, Ship, Sailors, Travel, Voyage, Art, Drawing, Sketch, Artist, Marine, Maritime, Nautical, Nautica, Scrimshaw, Transportation, Naval, Military, History, Historical, Souvenir, 1920's, Collectable, Memorabilia)
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