"On Board the Great Eastern" No. 2. You aint much better off on deck, for when the ship pitches or rolls, you are apt to lose your stool...
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London W.H.J. Carter, Printseller, Bookseller &c. 12, Regent Street, Pall Mall. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Printed area 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Some wear and soiling.
A satire on crinolines on luxury passenger ships, with a woman keeling over, to the amusement of the watching men. With a catalogue of crinoline satires available from Carter on the reverse. Brunel's Great Eastern was launched in 1858, but was damaged by an explosion on her maiden voyage. After only a half-dozen years as a passenger ship she was converted to a cable-laying ship, laying the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866.
[Ref: 15353] £180.00
London W.H.J. Carter, Printseller, Bookseller &c. 12, Regent Street, Pall Mall. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Printed area 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Some wear and soiling.
A satire on crinolines on luxury passenger ships, with a woman keeling over, to the amusement of the watching men. With a catalogue of crinoline satires available from Carter on the reverse. Brunel's Great Eastern was launched in 1858, but was damaged by an explosion on her maiden voyage. After only a half-dozen years as a passenger ship she was converted to a cable-laying ship, laying the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866.
[Ref: 15353] £180.00