Sujet

The cover of "The Illustrated London News", 17th April 1875. Creator: Josiah Robert Wells.

Légende

The cover of "The Illustrated London News", 17th April 1875. Commissioned in 1877, the 'Alexandra' was a broadside ironclad battleship. The development of turret-mounted naval guns in the period since she was designed made her effectively obsolete when completed. The launch of HMS 'Alexandra' at Chatham Dockyard, Kent.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C49_500

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,8Mo) / 29,3cm x 42,8cm / 3455 x 5056 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river water England boat boats industry country ship ships British geography English cover industrial wharf docks dock war location Victorian century Kent Britain launching newspapers press concept launch Hull dockyard shipbuilding Navy B&W warfare ship building title battleship Chatham naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W warships nineteenth century Royal Navy The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News River Medway TGN Chatham Dockyard ILN newspaper engraving HMS Alexandra JR Wells Wells JR Medway naval ship 19th-century J. R. Wells Wells J. R. The Illustrated London News Josiah Robert Wells Wells Josiah Robert