Ink and watercolor drawing from the ship builder's archive. The Grecian was the first ship built for J. Bibby Sons & Co., after the formation of Harland & Wolff. She was launched on 12th January 1861 and delivered on 30th January. Together with her sister, the Italian, she was built for the New Orleans cotton trade but with the outbreak of the Civil War was transferred to the Mediterranean. In 1873 she disappeared at sea. The Italian was launched on 27th March 1861 and delivered for immediate service to the Levant on 13th April. In 1869 she was wrecked after grounding in fog on Cape Finisterre. 14-1/2" high x 23" wide with 2-3/8" mat and 3/4" frame. RM. PROVENANCE: From the personal collection of journalist and editor E. Michael Pakenham (1933-2018). Pakenham was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for his editorials in the Philadelphia Inquirer. He began his newspaper career at the Chicago Tribune and went on to work as an editor at the New York Herald, The New York Daily News, the Sunday Correspondent, and Spin Magazine. He retired from the from the position of Book Editor at the Baltimore Sun in 2004. IMPORTANT: Before bidding, please read the terms and conditions. When you registered for the auction you agreed to these terms and will be required to comply with them.