The Geltwood, all lost! The Lightning, all saved! [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 290672
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1876
- 1 print : b&w ; 28.2 x 44.2 cm.
- Summary:
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Two images of ships in trouble off the S. Aust. coast. On the left the Geltwood sinking in Rivoli Bay in 1876, in the foreground a female figure in Roman-style clothing grieving. Below the image a poem about a ship wreck by Byron. On the right the Lightning ran aground as it neared Adelaide 7 July 1876, in the foreground a female figure point to an urn. Below a poem praising the government for sending lifeboats to save the immigrant passengers and crew.
- Notes:
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- Condition: good. Large stain upper left.
- Inscriptions: "July 15,1876 The Lantern, no. 96" -- above image. Below the Geltwood a poem by Byron, below the Lightning a 4 line poem about the saving of the ships passengers. Artists initials l.r. of each image, "IH" ?
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136502790
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 70 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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