The Kent Indiaman On Fire, In the Bay of Biscay

Object summary

Title: The Kent Indiaman On Fire, In the Bay of Biscay
Object ID: CC-E-0036
Date made: 1825
Place made: United Kingdom, England
Printmaker: Daniell, William
Object type: Aquatint
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Aquatint depicting the loss of the East Indiaman Kent in 1825. The print (after a painting by the same artist) shows survivors boarding and launching lifeboats while the Brigantine Cambria at right notices the Kent's distress signal.

Inscriptions

Type: stamp
Text: Clark Collection MIT

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