Description

The great American battleship Iowa, bearing President Ronald Reagan and his entourage, steams majestically past the Statue of Liberty and assembled naval ships, during the historic “Statue to Liberty” festivities in New York Harbor on July 4, 1986, honoring the famous Statue’s 100th birthday.

Generously donated by William G. Muller from his Personal Collection. Muller grew up on the Hudson River. As a young man, he served as quartermaster aboard SS Alexander Hamilton in the 1950s and went on to become a master painter, specializing in the steamboat era in the Hudson River and beyond. A founding director and Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists, Muller serves as an advisor to the National Maritime Historical Society.

Image size: 13 1/2″ x 20 1/4
Sheet size: 18 1/4″ x 25″