General
General
Object Auto ID
66399
Alternate Codes
159197
Common Name
Lithograph
Classified Name
Lithograph
Local Name
Wreck of H.M. Steamship Birkenhead off Danger Point Cape of Good Hope at one o'clock in the morning of 26th February 1852
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Dramatic dark scene of sinking ship on rocks with two masts and white steam billowing out of it.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Distinguishing Features

Birkenhead (H.M. Steamship). Ships British. Shipwrecks. Danger Point Cape of Good Hope. 1852

Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Paper size 240 x 382 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
1852 or c. 1854 ?
Maker Comment
BOND-SHELTON Ralph M. Vincent Brooks Day & Son - Lithographer (info on inscription sheet)
Production Place
London
Collector Comment
Coloured lithograph
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