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Wreck of the Waterloo at Cape Town, 1842 / Huggins

Wreck of the Waterloo at Cape Town, 1842 / Huggins

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Wreck of the Waterloo at Cape Town, 1842 / Huggins

About this item

Full title

Wreck of the Waterloo at Cape Town, 1842 / Huggins

Author / Creator

Date

1842

Call Numbers

ML 399

Record Identifier

16AJDedn

Reference Code

844535

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

1 painting - 22 x 31 1/2 in. - oil

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955

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Copy print : ML 399

More information

Alternative Titles

Full title

Wreck of the Waterloo at Cape Town, 1842 / Huggins

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

An account of the wreck can be found at Lafond, G. 'Voyages autour du monde et naufrages celebres', Tome VII pp. 1-5

Keyword subjects:
Waterloo (ship)

Signature / Inscriptions

Signed 'Huggins'

Attributions / Conjectures

Possibly W. J. Huggins. Have no example of his work except as reproduction by lithography.

Description source

Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009

Title is from donor's description.

Object History

The donor, Dr G. Kelsall, stated (see correspondence 259/1956 in-letter 28.6.56) that the picture was given to him in 1928 by one of the executors of his grandfather's will, a Mr Avery Holmes Forbes. Dr Kelsall's great grandfather, Henry Kelsall was surgeon-superintendent of the Waterloo.

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Dr G. A. Kelsall, Perth, W.A., August 1956

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

ML 399

Record Identifier

16AJDedn

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Other Identifiers

Reference code

844535

How to access this item

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