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Summary

Description
English: A wood engraving as published in a Melbourne magazine in 1865, depicting a small open boat in heavy seas. Seven men are aboard: three sitting up and four lying down.
Date
Source State Library of Victoria
Author Samuel Calvert (1828-1913) after sketch by William McMinn
Camera location 16° 00′ 00″ S, 123° 00′ 00″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

Location indicative only, as part of voyage where the boat struck high seas

Licensing

Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer .


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

Captions

''Forlorn Hope'' in heavy seas

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

September 1865 Gregorian

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