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The breaking up of the Great eastern no. 1
(1890)
Medium
etching
Measurements
15.3 × 20.4 cm (image and plate) 21.2 × 30.8 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brigadier W.E. Clark, 1957
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hardie 246 iii/iv; Strange 120
Edition
3rd of 4 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: S (in shield) / The breaking up of the Greast Eastern
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Trial proof
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Frank Short
Accession Number
1383.165B-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
demolition (process) deterioration Liverpool (inhabited place) Mersey (river) ships steamships United Kingdom (nation) waterfronts