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W.m. Darling [facsimile signature].
W.m. Darling [facsimile signature].
Painted by John Reay. Drawn on Stone by Weld Taylor.
London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket & Currie & Bowman, Newcastle upon Tyne. J.Graf, Printer to Her Majesty [n.d., c.1830].
Rare lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Printed area. 360 x 240mm (14¼ x 9½"). Soiling to backing paper. Margins bit messy.
William Darling (1786-1865), keeper of Longstone lighthouse, seated but with a wreck behind him. On the 7th of September 1838, the "Forfarshire"with sixty-three persons on board, struck on the Farne Islands, and Darling, along with his daughter Grace Darling, rescued nine survivors from the shipwreck, earning them a gold medal from the Humane Society. The original painting, by John Reay (active 1838-1900) is in the RNLI Grace Darling Museum .
[Ref: 57056]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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