- Title: (a pair) "The Departure (Launch of Lifeboat)" as engraved by F. Stackpole and "The Return. (Saved from the Wreck)", as engraved by Frederick Hunter,
- Medium: engravings wtih roulette,
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- Publisher-Year:Published by Brooks & Son, 17, Great Portland Street, London and in New York by Fishel, Adler & Schwartz, 94 Fulton St.
c. 1871 - Size: ,sheet: aprox. 26 by 40 in. (65 x 100 cm.) ,plate size: Image sizes approximately 18 7/8 x 35 1/8
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Condition
In generally fair condition. There are minor scratches and abrasions on the images and some discoloration in the margins. Please look at very large blowups for condition. Vintage frames in very good condition, , offered in period frames which have been upgraded with museum matting and wrapped linen liners, with museum glass on one (original bubble glass on the other).
Note: Engraved by F. Stackpole and Frederick Hunter after the paintings by Thos. Brooks. Subtitles read "Launching the Life Boat" etc. and "All the helpless are safe" etc. and are related to the events surrounding dramatic shipwrecks off the coast of England.