Lot 149
Suevic
watercolour on paper on card
signed lower right: ARTHUR J. BURGESS
inscribed verso: "Suevic" stuck Lizard, Cornwall/ March 17th 1907/ Gross Tonnage 12,500 TONS/ BUILT AT BELFAST 1900/ Length 550ft. 2 inches/ Beam 6ft. 3"
19 x 45cm
Estimate $2,200 - $3,800
Late at night on 17th March 1907 the "Suevic" was navigating treachorous waters through Cornwall and miscalculated their position from the Lizard Point lighthouse, with the bow of the ship crashing and locking onto the nearby rocks.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) then began the largest rescue in it's 190-year history, saving all passengers and crew in a 16 hour mission.
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8298
6:30pm - 4 June 2019
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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