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The breaking up of the Great eastern no. 1
(1890)
Medium
etching
Measurements
15.4 × 20.3 cm (image and plate) 22.4 × 28.6 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 published state; Strange 120
Edition
published state, edition of 50
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: S (in shield) / The breaking up of the Great Eastern
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Frank Short
Accession Number
1383.165C-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
demolition (process) deterioration Liverpool (inhabited place) Mersey (river) ships steamships United Kingdom (nation) waterfronts