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The Great Western Steamer, In the Hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept 9th 1846 in the outward passage to America.
Henry Melling Invenit et Lithog.
Liverpool: Dec 10th 1846 Published by the Artist. Slater St.
Lithograph. Printed area 265 x 445mm (10½ x 17½") large margins. Repaired tear on left, laid on restorer's paper.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Western, launched in 1837, was the first steamship purpose-built for the Atlantic crossing. Her maiden voyage, completed on 23 April 1838, was the fastest crossing up to that time. On this 1846 Liverpool to New York run she ran into bad weather. On the 19th (not the 9th) September the sails had to be pulled in but were lost anyway. Water got into the engine room and had to be pumped out. Waves broke the ice house (containing about eight tons of ice) from its deck fastenings, along with two lifeboats. The port paddle box (covering the upper half of the paddle wheel) was smashed and a splinter struck the captain in the head. A wave crashed over the ship and drenched the passengers sheltering in the saloon. Captain Mathews said to a passenger afterwards that ''Thrice on deck I thought destruction inevitable'' but because the engines never failed the Great Western survived the storm.
[Ref: 53085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Melling Invenit et Lithog.
Liverpool: Dec 10th 1846 Published by the Artist. Slater St.
Lithograph. Printed area 265 x 445mm (10½ x 17½") large margins. Repaired tear on left, laid on restorer's paper.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Western, launched in 1837, was the first steamship purpose-built for the Atlantic crossing. Her maiden voyage, completed on 23 April 1838, was the fastest crossing up to that time. On this 1846 Liverpool to New York run she ran into bad weather. On the 19th (not the 9th) September the sails had to be pulled in but were lost anyway. Water got into the engine room and had to be pumped out. Waves broke the ice house (containing about eight tons of ice) from its deck fastenings, along with two lifeboats. The port paddle box (covering the upper half of the paddle wheel) was smashed and a splinter struck the captain in the head. A wave crashed over the ship and drenched the passengers sheltering in the saloon. Captain Mathews said to a passenger afterwards that ''Thrice on deck I thought destruction inevitable'' but because the engines never failed the Great Western survived the storm.
[Ref: 53085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
To the Commodore, Officers and Members of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club This Print of the 1st Sailing Match of the Season of the R.M.Y.C., on Monday, June 16th 1845, (Appearance of the Yachts in the Crosby Channel) Is respectfully inscribed by their obedient Servant, Henry Melling.
HM 1835. Henry Melling Invenit et Lithog.
Liverpool, published by the Artist, at the R.M.Y Club Room, Slater Street, June 30th 1845.
Rare tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 365 x 540mm (14¼ x 21¼"). A little soiling and nicks in the edges.
A line of racing yachts, a paddle steamer in the distance. Henry Melling (1808-79) was a founder member of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club in 1844. He worked in oil, watercolour and pastel, as well as etching and lithography, not exclusively marine scenes.
[Ref: 51476] £480.00
HM 1835. Henry Melling Invenit et Lithog.
Liverpool, published by the Artist, at the R.M.Y Club Room, Slater Street, June 30th 1845.
Rare tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 365 x 540mm (14¼ x 21¼"). A little soiling and nicks in the edges.
A line of racing yachts, a paddle steamer in the distance. Henry Melling (1808-79) was a founder member of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club in 1844. He worked in oil, watercolour and pastel, as well as etching and lithography, not exclusively marine scenes.
[Ref: 51476] £480.00