Heroic Action of Miss Ida Lewis – Rescue of Two Drowning Soldiers in Newport Harbor

c. 1869

A colored print entitled "Heroic Action of Miss Ida Lewis – Rescue of Two Drowning Soldiers in Newport Harbor" (American, c. 1869). This illustration appeared in the April 17, 1869 version of Harper's Weekly. Ida Lewis is depicted pulling a man out of choppy water and into her rowboat while another man, whom she has presumably just rescued, sits in the rear of her boat.

American

ink on paper

10" x 13" x 1/2"

Gift of Miss Alice Brayton.

PSNC.3117