Title

'Firing The Rocket', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Firing The Rocket', c1880. Volunteer Life Brigades (VLBs) were set up to assist the Coastguard. They used shore based rocket equipment which was used to fire a line to distressed ships. The Life Brigades never used boats.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1800

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C70_112

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,4Mb (4,8Mb) / 13,1in x 17,9in / 3928 x 5373 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather storm outdoors sea standing people male group man men shore day wave pointing guy telescope geography century rocket aiming brigade assistance concept waterproof B&W firing MONOCHROME tripod 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector coastguard geographical feature engraving portrait Unknown VLB volunteer light brigade engraving portrait