A starboard-side view of the clipper schooner, 'Nettie Merrill.' Built in New York for A. K. Clark, Esq., Postmaster-General of the Hawaiian Islands, she arrived to the islands through the Strait of Magellan and served regularly at the port of Maui as a freight coaster. She was the second schooner to arrive to Hawaii in the late 19th century.
The Honolulu Commercial Advertiser, of April 26, 1860 wrote: "This beautiful schooner, which arrived from New-York on Friday last has been the chief topic of conversation since her arrival, and the admiration of all. In her model she differs from all our coasting; schooners, and, though of only medium size, (100 tons.) is unquestionably the handsomest craft that has ever entered our harbor. She has been built to sail, and will, doubtless, prove a match for our fastest vessels. She made, yesterday, a trial trip with His Majesty the King, and had a number of invited guests on board, and worked to the satisfaction of all."
On the recto, the lithograph is backed onto a sea chart of Martha's Vineyard, Buzzard's Bay and up to Mattapoisett in Massachusetts. The chart has been trimmed.
