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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST: THE DANNEWERK, REDOUBT NO. 10, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 10, 1864. '...view of the Redoubt No. 10, commanding the road and line of railway, from which a party of men are clearing away the snow [on] this famous rampart. The Danes were obliged...to abandon it and retire northward, on the evening of Feb. 5...the fate of the Dannewerk was to be ingloriously lost...The Austrian and Prussian commanders have taken counsel together for the final demolition of this huge double line of fortified earthworks, which extends from near the town of Schleswig, on the eastern side of the duchy, to the river Treen, some miles above its confluence with the Eider, on the western coast...when the western districts of South Schleswig are flooded the only road from that country to Middle Schleswig is that passing under the batteries of the Dannewerk. Denmark, by her own strength, has not been able to hold fast this door against the German invaders...The Dannewerk batteries are being disarmed, and seventy or eighty pieces of heavy artillery divided between the Austrians and Prussians...a hundred of the Austrian Sappers, with the assistance of four hundred labourers, commenced the demolition of the ramparts on Monday last (Feb. 22)'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 10, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546683
A SNOWSTORM ON MONT CENIS...FARNLEY HALL COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY J.M.W. TURNER, R.A., 1865. CREATOR: W. J. LINTON.
A Snowstorm on Mont Cenis, from the Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Engraving of a photograph of a drawing, dated 1820, described by John Ruskin: 'The scene is on the summit of the pass, close to the hospice...This building, about 400 or 500 yards off, is seen in a dim, ashy grey, against the light, which, by help of a violent blast of mountain wind, has broken through the depth of clouds which hang upon the crags. There is no sky...nothing but this roof of drifting cloud; but neither is there any weight of darkness; the high air is too thin for it, all savage, howling, and luminous with cold, the massy bases of the granite hills jutting out here and there grimly through the snow wreaths. There is a desolate-looking refuge on the left...a diligence in front, whose horses, unable to face the wind, have turned right round with fright, its passengers, struggling to escape, jammed in the window; a little farther on is another carriage off the road, some figures pushing at its wheels and its driver at the horses' heads, pulling and lashing with all his strength, his lifted arm stretched out against the light of the distance, though too far off for the whip to be seen'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. A Snowstorm on Mont Cenis...Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Creator: W. J. Linton. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546478
ASCENT OF MR. COXWELL'S GREAT BALLOON FROM THE CRYSTAL PALACE GROUNDS, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Ascent of Mr. Coxwell's Great Balloon from the Crystal Palace grounds, 1865. 'Mr. Coxwell's balloon, named the Research...is composed of fifty gores, each gore being 44 in. wide at the centre and 105 ft. long. It contains about 112,000 cubic feet of gas...It had rained heavily during the afternoon...Mr. Coxwell remarks, "the lower cloud, one widespread mass, hung heavily over the Crystal Palace, and the tops of the towers were partially obscured...In less than one minute we were lost to sight...the rain ran down the sides of the balloon and covered us by shooting down the neck...in one of the darkest clouds I had ever passed through, it was evident we had entered the very fountain of rainfall...I observed a peculiar vibratory motion of the balloon and car, such as accompanies its passage from still air to an aerial wave of wind and storm. I inferred that we were either entering a fresh current or moving upwards with a spiral motion...On getting 3000 ft. elevation we decided that, as there was little enjoyment to be had, it was better to [look] for a landing-place...We alighted very gently on the grounds of Mr. Peter H. Desvignes, at Lewisham." That gentleman...gave Mr. Cox well and his companions a most hospitable and kindly welcome'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Ascent of Mr. Coxwell's Great Balloon from the Crystal Palace grounds, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609545030
SAILING-BARGE ON THE THAMES: ROUNDING THE NORE LIGHT-SHIP, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Sailing-barge on the Thames: rounding the Nore Light-ship, 1865. 'The third annual sailing-barge match took place under the management of...the Thames and Medway General Craft-owner's Association...the course being from Erith to the Nore Lightship and back. Three prizes, the highest being a cup of the value of £18, with ten guineas divided among the crew, were offered for the topsail barges; and three prizes, of rather less value, for the stump-rigged barges...The barges started from Erith a few minutes before eleven...with a spanking breeze from the south, and a little rain; the wind, therefore, was abaft and abeam nearly all the way to the Nore. They got down in something less than two hours; and when they rounded the lightship, the topsail barge Agnes, 100 tons, belonging to Mr. Parker, had the lead well; next came the Surprise, 90 tons, Mr. West; the Francis, 88 tons, Mr. Burley; the Matilda and Amy, 90 tons, Mr. Willet; the Henry, 100 tons, Mr. Hill; and the Robert Stone, 85 tons, Mr. Stone; the stump barges coming round ten minutes later. The wind had now strengthened considerably; and, as the topsail barges rounded in the squalls, they struck their topsails...The Perseverance, 100 tons, Mr. Bromley, rounded much the best of the lot'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Sailing-barge on the Thames: rounding the Nore Light-ship, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609544683
WRECK OF THE MAIL-STEAMER ATHENS IN TABLE BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Wreck of the mail-steamer Athens in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1865. A '...tremendous storm...on the 17th of May...[wrecked a ship] belonging to the Union Steam Navigation Company...[She] was carried broadside upon the rocks, at Green Point, between the lighthouses...It was seven o'clock in the evening when she was driven upon the rocks, where she very rapidly broke up. The calls for help of those on board could be distinctly heard upon the shore, amid the roar of the breakers...for two hours a continued wail of anguish and appeals for help came from the steamer, which could occasionally be seen lying on the rocks, broken-backed, but still above water...About ten o'clock the cries ceased, and thick darkness gathered over the scene...Next morning two bodies were recovered, both very much bruised from pounding against the rocks, and both were stripped, with the exception of under-drawers, showing that, before taking their final plunge, the unhappy men had calmly prepared themselves for a last struggle for life...the master, Captain D. Smith, Dr. J. Heath Curtis, the medical officer...engineers, and twenty-five other persons, made up the list of the officers and crew; and there is no doubt that they all perished'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Wreck of the mail-steamer Athens in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609543502
ANNUAL SCHOONER RACE OF THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB: THE YACHTS AT THE MOUSE LIGHT SHIP, 1862. CREATOR: SMYTH.
Annual schooner race of the Royal Thames Yacht Club: the yachts at the Mouse light ship, 1862. 'The morning had been very gloomy and threatening, but just before the vessels started it became much brighter and more promising...Flying Cloud at once hoisted her mainsail, and Leonora was not long delaying, but Shark and Galatea waited until they had partially swung before touching their halyards. Flying Cloud made an excellent start, and took the lead, followed by Leonora, and in less than ten minutes the sails, including big topsails, were set and trimmed...A wonderfully close match after a run of thirty miles. Shark and Galatea, of course, were almost touching as they rounded, but Shark had better way on her, and soon shot 100 yards ahead of Galatea. It was nearly slack water, and if the breeze had held good they would have run back faster than they came down; but no such luck. The wind soon flew round to E.N.E., and fell very light, and all jibed except Flying Cloud, which seemed to keep the N.E. wind, and got a long way ahead...Flying Cloud now having a good lead, which, however, she could not keep, and the vessels finally passed between the buoy off Roshervilla and the steamer [in this order:] Galatea; Flying Cloud; Leonora; Shark'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Annual schooner race of the Royal Thames Yacht Club: the yachts at the Mouse light ship, 1862. Creator: Smyth. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609542996
THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP ROYAL STANDARD IN COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG...HOME VOYAGE FROM MELBOURNE, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg on the home voyage from Melbourne, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Captain G. H. Dowell, commander of the screw steam-ship Royal Standard, one of the White Star line of Australian packets...The weather [in the South Pacific Ocean] was hazy...the vessel was sailing with a fresh breeze from the north-west, ten knots an hour; her steam-engines, therefore, were not at work, and her screw-propeller was raised, while she made use of the favourable wind. Suddenly she ran into a dense fog. The look-out man...saw a large iceberg...its precipitous cliffs, 600 ft. in height, were towering above the ship...Each wave now knocked her against it...the maintopmast and the mizzen-top-mast snapped asunder...The ship, having thus lost much of her sailing power, could not now keep her hull from coming into violent contact with the iceberg...By another crash, an upper plate amidships was split, with considerable damage...the destruction of the ship seemed quite inevitable...The Royal Standard had thus rubbed shoulders with the iceberg for about half an hour, scraping along half a mile of its length, when, happily, the end of it was seen through the surrounding fog, and at last the ship got clear'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg...home voyage from Melbourne, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609542408
LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF AN ENGLISH CHURCH, PHILIPPOLIS, ORANGE FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA, 1864 CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Laying the foundation-stone of an English church, Philippolis, Orange Free State, South Africa, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by the Rev. C. Clulee. 'President Brand was on his way from Cape Town to the seat of his future government, and as he had to pass through Philippolis and Fauresmith, he was received with public festivities as he went. On this occasion Mr. Clulee and his churchwardens asked his Honour to lay the corner-stone of their new English church in the town, which he consented to do...On the Monday, Jan. 26, being the festival of the Conversion of St. Paul, the foundation-stone of the new church of St. Paul's was laid, by President Brand...Our Engraving represents the whole procession as it stood during the ceremony. His Honour stands on the Right Rev. Bishop Twells' left hand, Mr. Clulee on the right. The Bishop first delivered a suitable address in English, and a translation of it was read aloud (in Dutch) by the churchwarden...After this a few prayers were said by his Lordship, the sun being so hot it was necessary to proceed as quickly as might be, then his Honour laid the stone, and afterwards made a very cordial speech (first in English, then in Dutch), in which he expressed much good feeling towards the English Church'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Laying the foundation-stone of an English church, Philippolis, Orange Free State, South Africa, 1864 Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609540992
THE RAMSGATE LIFE-BOAT: MORNING AFTER A HEAVY GALE - WEATHER MODERATING...BY E.W COOKE. R.A., 1864 CREATOR: J GREENAWAY.
The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating - from the picture by E.W Cooke. R.A., 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'The crews of a pilot-boat and life-boat of Ramsgate, after hearing at daybreak signal-guns from the Goodwin floating light- vessel, have communicated with it, and now bear up for a water-logged Indiaman, the crew and passengers of which have perished during the night, when their boats were knocked to pieces. The Captain, who would not desert his ship, is rescued by the lifeboat just before the vessel founders on the North Sandhead of the Goodwin. The life-boat...is the Ramsgate "self-righting" boat, one built on the plan of those of the Life-boat Institution. This is the same boat which...performed a most important service by saving a hundred and twenty persons, being the whole of the crews and passengers of the emigrant-ship Fusilier, and the ship Demerara, wrecked on the Girdler Sands, off Margate... To be sixteen hours hard at work in the raging waves, fighting a December hurricane, while tons of water are now and then dashed over the boat, and the soaked clothes of the men are frozen stiff by the icy wind - that is a performance which we cannot sufficiently praise'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating...by E.W Cooke. R.A., 1864 Creator: J Greenaway. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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