Photo is in stick frame, matted and glazed, OS: 15" X 19", SS: 9 1/4" X 13 1/2". Good condition."The full-rigged ship St. John Smith in dry dock at Knightville, Cape Elizabeth (now South Portland), May 1874. Newly built at Kennebunkport, the Smith has been towed to Portland to be ?copper? sheathed. The local press customarily described every new vessel as being the most wonderful nautical advancement since the ark: She is a handsome specimen of marine architecture and was looked upon with admiration by the large number that had gathered on the wharves as she proceeded up the harbor. No expense has been spared to render her perfect in every respect. Every modern improvement has been applied, and she is the pride of her owners, who embrace several of our prominent citizens. The ship is of 2,220 tons burthen?the largest ever built in this State. Her length is 237 feet; she is 42-1/2 feet breadth of beam, and 30 feet depth of hold. She rates at French Veritas A1 for eleven years. She hails from this port. After she has been coppered she will sail for New York to load for San Francisco. From thence she will sail in Sutton & Co.?s line for Havre with a cargo of wheat." ?The [Portland] Daily Argus, May 5, 1874.