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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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De Groote Zaal in het Stoomschip, de Great-Eastern
C.C.A. Last Steend v. P. Blommers te 's Hage.
[c.1860]
Rare lithograph with tintstone, sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Surface loss;
Dutch print showing the interior of the 'Great Eastern' steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built by Scott Russell & Co.Ltd, London. After many problems during construction, the ship was not completed until 1858, arousing enormous public interest at the time. During sea trials on 9th September 1859 the Great Eastern's heaters exploded, killing six firemen and devestating the grand saloon. The explosion would have sunk a lesser ship, but the Great Eastern survived. Brunel's new construction methods, dividing the ship up into compartments with watertight bulkheads, limited the extent of the damage. However, the bad news hastened the death of Brunel, who passed away on 15th September. In 1864, the Great Eastern was sold for a fraction of its cost to a cable laying company. The time that the ship spent laying cables for the new telegraph system was its most successful. It was used to lay the first telegraph cable to America. The Great Eastern was finally broken up in 1888.
[Ref: 39843] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
C.C.A. Last Steend v. P. Blommers te 's Hage.
[c.1860]
Rare lithograph with tintstone, sheet 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼"). Surface loss;
Dutch print showing the interior of the 'Great Eastern' steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built by Scott Russell & Co.Ltd, London. After many problems during construction, the ship was not completed until 1858, arousing enormous public interest at the time. During sea trials on 9th September 1859 the Great Eastern's heaters exploded, killing six firemen and devestating the grand saloon. The explosion would have sunk a lesser ship, but the Great Eastern survived. Brunel's new construction methods, dividing the ship up into compartments with watertight bulkheads, limited the extent of the damage. However, the bad news hastened the death of Brunel, who passed away on 15th September. In 1864, the Great Eastern was sold for a fraction of its cost to a cable laying company. The time that the ship spent laying cables for the new telegraph system was its most successful. It was used to lay the first telegraph cable to America. The Great Eastern was finally broken up in 1888.
[Ref: 39843] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Panorama van de Vestingwerken van Sebastopol. De Malakoftoren, de Forten Redan, & Mamelon en de Belegeringswerken der Geailleerden.
C.C.A. Last. Steend. v. P. Blommers te 's Hage.
Uitgegeven bij A. Jager, water 110, Amsterdam. [n.d., c.1855.]
Tinted lithograph, large margins. Printed area 460 x 640mm, 18 x 25¼". Some spotting.
A bird's-eye view of the Seige of Sevastopol, taken from the Allied lines to the south of the port, with the British flag bottom left and French bottom right. The main features of the Russian defences are clearly depicted, including the Redan, the Malakoff redoubt and the Mamelon, a fortified hillock, as are the Allied trenches and their sharpshooters. On the reverse of the sheet is the publisher's advert for prints relating to the Crimean War and and other general topography.
[Ref: 26313] £340.00
C.C.A. Last. Steend. v. P. Blommers te 's Hage.
Uitgegeven bij A. Jager, water 110, Amsterdam. [n.d., c.1855.]
Tinted lithograph, large margins. Printed area 460 x 640mm, 18 x 25¼". Some spotting.
A bird's-eye view of the Seige of Sevastopol, taken from the Allied lines to the south of the port, with the British flag bottom left and French bottom right. The main features of the Russian defences are clearly depicted, including the Redan, the Malakoff redoubt and the Mamelon, a fortified hillock, as are the Allied trenches and their sharpshooters. On the reverse of the sheet is the publisher's advert for prints relating to the Crimean War and and other general topography.
[Ref: 26313] £340.00