Title

Third Eddystone lighthouse, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Third Eddystone lighthouse, 19th century. Built by the English civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792) between 1757 and 1759, this was the third lighthouse to be sited on Eddystone Rocks, 15 miles south of Plymouth in the English Channel. It remained in use until 1877. After a painting by JMW Turner.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1824

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_148

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (3,8Mb) / 16,9in x 11,5in / 5067 x 3445 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather storm transport transportation Europe cloud clouds sea England rocks rock stormy country warning danger wave dangerous ship ships British geography English color colour devon rough lighthouse location century Britain wreckage concept civil engineering driftwood metaphor sailing ship English Channel stormy weather 19th century water transport nineteenth century squall Oxford Science Archive Eddystone Lighthouse Eddystone Rocks geographical feature near Plymouth stormy seas TGN chromolithograph Unknown John John Smeaton Smeaton JMW Turner;Turner Joseph Mallord William;J M W Turner John Smeaton chromolithograph