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Wreck of the Atlantic Off Mars Head Nova Scotia April 1 1873
The image depicts 'Atlantic' running onto rocks and sinking off the coast of Nova Scotia on 1st April 1873, killing over 500 people.
It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the Northern Atlantic until the sinking of SS La Bourgogne on 2nd July 1898 and the greatest disaster for the White Star Line prior to the loss of Titanic 39 years later.
Hand-coloured. Medium includes gum arabic.
It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the Northern Atlantic until the sinking of SS La Bourgogne on 2nd July 1898 and the greatest disaster for the White Star Line prior to the loss of Titanic 39 years later.
Hand-coloured. Medium includes gum arabic.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH9128 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Soloman, J |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Vessels: | Atlantic (1870) |
| Date made: | 1870; 1 Apr 1873 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 546 x 716 mm |