- GLC#
- GLC10019
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1810
- Author/Creator
- Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815
- Title
- [Watercolor drawing showing conversion of merchant vessels to torpedo ships]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 item
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
One sketch detailing the conversion of merchant vessels into torpedo ships dated circa 1810. Two paneled drawing showing conversion of merchant vessels into torpedo ships. Each sides contains notes written by Fulton about obtaining and outfitting the ships. In pencil with gray and blue-gray washes. With stamp of New Jersey Historical Society. The ships were planned as part of the east coast defense against British attack. For more information, refer to "Fulton's Torpedo War and Submarine Explosions" (New York, 1810).
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