Title:
Wreck and burning of the steamer "Independence" on the Island Margarita [Venezuela] February 16th, 1853, 150 lives lost
Creator/Contributor:
Cross, Mr. (active ca. 1853), artist (artist)
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
1853
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0183--A
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
21.2 x 27.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Ship engulfed in flames in bay; survivors in water, in lifeboats, and on shore.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & publ[ishe]d by Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancis]co; (LR): From a sketch of Mr. Cross,
passenger.
Subjects:
Events;
Fires;
South America;
Vessels;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Marines (Visual works);
Pictorial lettersheets