To the Directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, this plate of the launch of the Steam Ship FORTH, of 1940 tons burden, (on the 22nd May, 1841 in the presence of Sixty Thousand Spectators) with a view of the Port and Town of Leith, is respectfully dedicated, with their express permission, by their most obedient humble servant, Thomas Freebody | Collections

To the Directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, this plate of the launch of the Steam Ship FORTH, of 1940 tons burden, (on the 22nd May, 1841 in the presence of Sixty Thousand Spectators) with a view of the Port and Town of Leith, is respectfully dedicated, with their express permission, by their most obedient humble servant, Thomas Freebody | Collections | The Huntington

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