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Titre

Wreck of the H.M.S. Birkenhead.

Structure du classement

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Pièce (reliée) fait partie de

Canadian Historical Prints Collection [graphic material] (R13133-0-7-E)

Date(s)

May 15, 1893

Lieu de création

Royaume-Uni

éditeur

Henry Graves & Co.

étendue

1 print : colour lithograph, heightened with gum arabic ; 62.1 x 45 cm (image).

Langue du document

Anglais

Portée et contenu

Coloured print after the 1892 painting by Thomas M. Hemy, depicting the sinking of the H.M.S. Birkenhead at sea. On 26 February 1852, while transporting troops, the ship was wrecked at Gansbaai near Cape Town, South Africa. There were not enough lifeboats for all the passengers, and the soldiers famously stood firm, allowing the women and children to board the boats safely.

Conditions d'accès

Documents iconographiques (art)

90: Ouvert

Volume
58 No de pièce attribué par BAC 396

90: Ouvert

No de référence archivistique

R13133-410-4-E

Modalités d'utilisation

Nom(s) additionnel(s)

Artiste : Hemy, Thomas Marie Madawaska, 1852-1937 .

Information additionnelle

Note sur l'état de conservation

Print is dirty, and slightly discoloured by horizontal brown marks.

Signatures et inscriptions

Recto, l.l. within image: Thomas M. Hemy Recto, l.l.: PAINTED BY THOS. M. HEMY l.c.: London, published May 15th, 1893, by Henry Graves & Co., the Proprietors. Publishers to H.M. the Queen and T.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall, Copyright Registered, U.S.A. Copyright 1893 by Henry Graves & Co. / WRECK OF H.M.S. "BIRKENHEAD". / The "Birkenhead" went down in 1852 with 500 Officers & men standing in the presence of death as calmly / as on parade ground whilst the women & children were saved. The then King of Prussia caused that splendid story / of Iron discipline and perfect duty to be read about at the head of every Regiment in his Kingdom.

Vedette-matière

1. SUBJ - Ships, Birkenhead.
2. Shipwrecks.
3. Historical events - 1852.

Source

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