Sailing in storm
Lithograph - Sailing Ships in Storm
1800 – 1820 (Date manufactured/created)
Dramatic engraving of several large 3-masted sailing ships in stormy seas. Foreground has a survivor clinging to wreckage hailing a nearby frigate. All sails are reefed. Early 19th c color lithograph by Delaplante & Durand Brager, Paris, France, under glass in a gilded wooden frame, H: 12" W: 18 1/2 " (sight); H: 14 1/2" W: 21" (in frame).
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