Accession No

3953

Brief Description

print of the Great Eastern, from a drawing by Edwin Weedon, by Leighton Brothers, English, 1859 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Leighton Brothers

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1859

Latest Date

1859

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

framed: width 850mm; height 5640mm (?)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Postaprint, 1992.

Inscription

‘FROM A DRAWING BY EDWIN WEEDON’
‘LEIGHTON BROS.’

Description Notes

Colour print showing several ships in Atlantic, main one is the Great Eastern. This ship laid the first Atlantic cable. Print taken from ‘The Graphic’. Mounted and framed.

Condition: good; complete.

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