Credits

Images and thanks.

Every picture on this site is credited, with its licence. None is a photograph of the derelict Mary Celeste in 1872 — no such photograph is used here.

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  Mary Celeste as Amazon in 1861.jpg
  by Artist unconfirmed, possibly Honoré Pellegrin; inscription dates the view to November 1861 · Public domain
  Painting of the ship as Amazon, November 1861, later renamed Mary Celeste. Not a photograph of 1872. Artist unconfirmed. Public domain (published before 1931; life plus 100 if Pellegrin, d. c. 1870).
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  Lap desk of Captain Benjamin Briggs from the Mary Celeste (PEM M6557) 01.jpg
  by Crawdad Blues · CC0
  Peabody Essex Museum, inv. M6557. Photo CC0. Caption must say that some personal items with the desk are reproductions.
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  Mary Celeste NYTimes 1873February26.png
  by The New York Times, reprinting the Boston Post of 24 February 1873 · Public domain
  NYT 26 February 1873 / Boston Post 24 February. Public domain. Treat as press speculation, including a departure date (17 November) that does not match the museum’s 7 November.
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  Gibraltar and its sieges, with a description of its natural features (1879) (14769651665).jpg
  by Unnamed illustrator; from Gibraltar and its sieges, 1879 · Public domain
  1879 book engraving, public domain. Caption as an illustration of the harbour, not as a photograph, and not as a picture of the Mary Celeste.