A Sketch of W.A. Barnes after the wreck of the Anglo Saxon, wrecked off Duck Island, Nova Scotia, Saturday Evening May 8th 1847.

£600 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A lovely lithograph showing the rather desolate figure of W.A. Barnes with the wreck of the Anglo Saxon in the background. The ship was on voyage from Boston to Liverpool, Merseyside when it ran aground. The Boston Athenaum has a copy printed on silk.

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