File:A head to torso portrait of Captain Matthew Webb from the Illustrated London News RMG 58-6048.tiff
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Captain Matthew Webb, the Celebrated Swimmer | |
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Artist |
ILN Staff |
Author |
The Illustrated London News |
Title |
Captain Matthew Webb, the Celebrated Swimmer |
Description |
English: Captain Matthew Webb, the Celebrated Swimmer, drowned on Tuesday last in his attempt to swim the Whirlpool Rapids below Niagara Falls. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 28 July 1883.s A head to torso engraved portrait of Captain Matthew Webb within a printed oval surround. This portrait is taken from the Illustrated London News when reporting his death in July 1883. He had drowned in his attempt to swim the Whirlpool Rapids of the Niagara River. The portrait shows him with two medals: the Stanhope Medal for attempting to save a crewman who had fallen overboard the Cunard liner 'Russia' (1867) on 22 April 1873. The other was the Liverpool Humane Society medal presented for the same event. |
Date |
28 July 1883 date QS:P571,+1883-07-28T00:00:00Z/11 |
Dimensions | Overall negative strip: 33 mm x 230 mm |
Notes | This is one frame of six on a 35mm strip - sequence is 58/6048-58/6053 |
Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/567250 |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
Identifier InfoField | id number: 58/6048 |
Collection InfoField | Historic Photographs |
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