Donald McKay [photograph], [ca. 1850-1860].

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Donald McKay [photograph], [ca. 1850-1860].

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Whole plate daguerreotype under glass of the Boston, Mass. clipper ship builder Donald McKay (1810-1880), taken by Southworth & Hawes of Boston, Mass. ca. 1850-1860.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b & w ; visible oval image 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 cm (whole plate), under glass 25 1/2 x 20 1/2 cm.

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Southworth & Hawes

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Attributed to the photographic firm of Southworth & Hawes. This photographic print was one of a series of prints that formed a panoramic view of the city of Boston taken from the State House in 1858. The individual prints have been reproduced several times; this particular print probably dates from the late nineteenth century. From the description of View from the State House, looking North East [graphic]. [1858] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 70822186 ...

McKay, Donald, 1810-1880

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Donald McKay was a naval architect and shipbuilder of Boston, famed as a designer and builder of clipper ships. When wooden ships were threatened with obsolescence after 1857, McKay travelled in Europe, where he studied British and French naval matters thoroughly. McKay became a leading advocate of steam-screw ironclads for the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, but his designs were eventually rejected, primarily because their grand scale exceeded the ability of manufacturers to execute them. ...