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Wreck of the H.M.S. Birkenhead

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Date:

May 15, 1893.

Reference:

R13133-410-4-E, Volume number: 58

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3997784

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Wreck of the H.M.S. Birkenhead
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

May 15, 1893.

Place:

London:

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

Henry Graves & Co.,

Extent:

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

Language of material:

English

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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.

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Artist: Hemy, Thomas Marie Madawaska, 1852-1937

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Note on the state of conservation:

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

Signatures and inscriptions note:

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.
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Shipwrecks

SUBJ - Ships, Birkenhead

Historical events - 1852
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

58 Item no. assigned by LAC 396

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-396

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