Description

Looking north up the Hudson River toward the famed Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge, the day line steamer Robert Fulton prepares to make her landing at the busy Poughkeepsie, N.Y. waterfront during the grand era of steamboat travel on the river.

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: 18 1/2″ x 28″
Sheet size: 24″ x 33″