'The Nancy Packet', 1784. Artist: James Gillray.
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'The Nancy Packet', 1784. The wreck of the 'Nancy', an East India Company ship, in a storm off the Scilly Isles in 1784. One of the passengers killed in the disaster was the celebrated opera singer Ann Cargill, pictured in the lifeboat as it is overwhelmed by the waves. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1925]
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Creator
- James Gillray, attributed to: British, English: Artist, caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, printmaker
Subject
- Ann Cargill: English: opera singer
People Related
- Basil Lubbock: British: Author
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World Europe United Kingdom England Cornwall
- 50 25 00 N , 004 45 00 W
- 10 00 00 N , 025 00 00 W
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Science & Nature Weather & Seasons
History & Politics Historical Events Disasters
Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel
Society & Culture Death & Burial
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4742x3355
File Size : 46,610kb
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- 0580035103
- 2-640-934
- 2640934
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