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Breaking up of the Agamemnon

Breaking up of the Agamemnon
 1886

Medium
mezzotint and etching
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
mezzotint and etching
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harrington,Salaman 145
Accession Number
716-2
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
boats demolition (process) destruction (process) ships warships

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