Title: Ship in a storm

Identifier: 0172-b2a-fh-i11   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/871)

Description: Martin County farmer John Conrad Getsinger, Sr., a native of Wurttemburg, Germany, participated as a sergeant in Company E of the 1st Regiment of N.C. Volunteers during the Mexican War (1847-1848). This sketch is from his sketchbook made during his stay in Mexico, and depicts a masted ship on a huge wave.