Sujet

Sinking of the 'Princess Alice' on the River Thames, 1878. Artist: Anon

Légende

Sinking of the 'Princess Alice' on the River Thames, 1878. Scene showing the paddle steamer sinking, surrounded by drowning figures, with the collier 'Bywell Castle' with which she had collided in the background. The vessels collided at Galleon's Reach, Erith, Kent, and more than 600 holidaymakers were drowned.

Date

1878

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B02_137

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

40,1Mo (2,1Mo) / 39,4cm x 25,5cm / 4656 x 3013 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river water London England River Thames Thames people boat boats country ship ships British geography English death dying accident ferry passengers passenger paddle steamer location disaster Victorian century Britain drowning sinking catastrophe horror concept incident B&W steamboat MONOCHROME collision steamship 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery collier geographical feature passenger ship passenger steamer TGN lithograph Anon Princess Alice Galleon's Reach Bywell Castle Anonymous