The Proserpine Frigate / Lost March 1799 off Newark Island in the Elbe
Description
Deutsch: Flucht der Besatzung der HMS Proserpine nach ihrer Strandung auf dem Scharhörn Riff
English: Survivors of a shipwreck trudging across the ice into the left foreground, including a man who bends to lift a box labelled 'I T Serres / 1799', another helping a woman over a ledge to right, with the ship leaning on one side agains the ice in the background. 1802
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Date
23 April 1802
date QS:P571,+1802-04-23T00:00:00Z/11
Dimensions
height: 31.2 cm (12.2 in); width: 38.4 cm (15.1 in)
vide Capt. Jas. Wallis's letter to Adml. Dickson / Design'd & Etchd. by J.T. Serres Marine Painter to his Majesty & H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence. / Publish'd as the Act Directs April 23d. 1802, by Edwad. Orme, 59 New Bond Street.
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