File:The Loss of Her Majesty's steam frigate Avenger - on the sunken rocks of Sorelli 20 Dec 1847 while on her passage from Gibraltar to Malta - RMG PY0934.jpg
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| Author |
Ackermann; Thomas Goldsworth Dutton; after Hill, W M |
| Description |
English: The Loss of Her Majesty's steam frigate Avenger... on the sunken rocks of Sorelli 20 Dec 1847 while on her passage from Gibraltar to Malta... Inscribed: "The loss of Her Majesty's Steam Frigate 'Avenger' commanded by Captain Chas G. E. Napier. On the sunken rocks of Sorelli at Ten o'Clock on the night of the twentieth of Decr 1847, while on her passage from Gibraltar to Malta. When all hands perished but the four following Survivors, Francis Rooke Lieut., John Larcom Gunner, W M Hill Capns Steward, James Morley Boy. This Picture is a faithful representation of the melancholy event, taken from a drawing by W M Hill, one of the survivors and published expressly for the benefit of himself and family". Hand-coloured. Medium includes gum arabic. |
| Date | 10 February 1849 |
| Dimensions | Mount: 410 mm x 525 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: Fighting Ships 1843-1845. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/140881 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: PAH0934 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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