Going down in a diving machine (caricature) (Diving 17)
Hand-coloured.
A caricature of people in a diving machine which has burst and flooded, one of the men is getting his head bitten off by a shark whilst other sharks are swimming around. This was published at the time the diving bell was being constructed at Rotherhithe.
A caricature of people in a diving machine which has burst and flooded, one of the men is getting his head bitten off by a shark whilst other sharks are swimming around. This was published at the time the diving bell was being constructed at Rotherhithe.
Object Details
| ID: | PAG8308 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | B., P. F. L.; C., J. McLean, Thomas |
| Date made: | 1 Aug 1835 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Primary support: 246 mm x 350 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 560 mm |