Sujet
The Rover's Bride abandoned at sea - boat of the Royal Mail Steamer "Atrato" boarding, 1857. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Rover's Bride abandoned at sea - boat of the Royal Mail Steamer "Atrato" boarding, 1857. '...from a sketch by H. B. Johnson, second officer of the Atrato..."Observed a vessel on port bow dismasted, bore down upon her, lowered mail-boat in charge of chief officer and boarded her...Waterlogged and abandoned, and decks swept by the sea. No papers or other particulars found on board...The Rover's Bride appeared to be...almost a new ship...her sails were all in ribbons...foretopmast gone, and mizentopmast and mainmast gone at the head. The broken spars were all hanging over the ship's side, port-anchor and cathead gone, boats all gone; captain's cabin bulkheads all washed away. In the mizentop there was a bed or nest made up...showing that some of the crew must have lived there after being washed out below...it is supposed a squall carried all away at once'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM23A76_230
Model release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
22,4Mo (1,7Mo) / 32,0cm x 17,5cm / 3775 x 2072 (300dpi)