- Title:
- The breaking-up of "The Great Eastern." No. 2.
- Object name(s):
- Brief description:
- Etching of the destruction of a large boat structure on the River Mersey, Liverpool.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Associated person:
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Content - concept:
- ship
- Content - concept:
- bridge
- Content - concept:
- river
- Content - place:
- Liverpool
- Credit line:
- Presented by the Artist in memory of his son, Captain Francis Leslie Short, who died on Active Service, on June 3, 1916.
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 7 7/8
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 9 15/16
- Inscription content:
- Signed in pencil Frank Short.
- Inscription interpretation:
- Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
- Material:
- Paper
- Object history note:
- The Great Eastern was an iron ship designed by engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the late 19th century. At that point, the steam ship was deemed to be the largest ship ever constructed. After a disastrous maiden voyage and becoming redundant due to damage, the ship was eventually dismantled in 1899. The Great Eastern was also involved in the laying down of the first lasting Transantlantic telegraph cable in 1866.
- Object name:
- Object number:
- E.2447-1919
- Object production date:
- 1880-1919
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1880-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1919-12-31
- Object production person:
- Short, Frank (Sir)
- Person's association:
- made
- Object production place:
- Great Britain
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Etching of the destruction of a large boat structure on the River Mersey, Liverpool.
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- Etching
- Technique:
- Etching on paper.
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ff318309-a569-3c60-b0a7-e2e85a79997f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ff318309-a569-3c60-b0a7-e2e85a79997f, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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