The wreck of the 'Forfarshire', 7 September 1838: survivors in Grace Darling's boat
Hand-coloured lithograph. The full title reads: 'Heroic rescue of the surviving passengers and crew of the Forfarshire steamboat by Grace Darling & her Father on the morning of the 7th September 1838.' This is the famous incident in which Grace assisted her father, keeper of the Farne lighthouse to rescue passengers: here the Darlings' coble is working its way back toward the lighthouse with survivors. She is at the stern steering with a sculling oar. The image is one of a pair with PAH0198 after Carmichael, a prolific north-eastern marine artist from Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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Object Details
ID: | PAH0199 |
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Collection: | Fine art |
Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Leitch, T. L.; Day & Haghe Carmichael, John Wilson |
Vessels: | Forfarshire 1835 [British] |
Date made: | 1838 |
Exhibition: | Guiding Lights |
People: | Darling, Grace Horsley |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 298 x 381 mm |