Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Cross, Mr. (active ca. 1853), artist
Group Creator Name:
- Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer and publisher
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
Wreck and burning of the steamer "Independence" on the Island Margarita [Venezuela] February 16th, 1853, 150 lives lost
Date:
1853
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph
Dimensions:
21.2 x 27.7 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0183--A
Subject:
- Events
- Fires
- South America
- Vessels
- Voyages to the Pacific
- Lithographs
- Marines (Visual works)
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Ship engulfed in flames in bay; survivors in water, in lifeboats, and on shore.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
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.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf667nb6w 9

Wreck and burning of the steamer "Independence" on the Island Margarita [Venezuela] …