Parramatta steam ship launch at Blackwall antique print 1858

Parramatta steam ship (here spelled Paramatta) launch at Blackwall, antique print. Original antique page from the Illustrated London News dated 20th. November, 1858. Built by the Thames Iron and Shipbuilding Company at their Orchard Yard, Blackwall, for the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, the paddle-steamer was launched into the River Lea. See full ILN text in Product Gallery. Paper size approx. 16 x 11 inches. Small foxing spots at top of image. .