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'The Tomb of Grace Darling', c1851-1886. Artist: John Godfrey.

'The Tomb of Grace Darling', c1851-1886. Artist: John Godfrey.

2-692-821 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Tomb of Grace Darling', c1851-1886. Children laying flowers at the monument to Grace Darling, the sea in the background. In 1838 Grace Darling and her father, a local lighthouse keeper, heroically rescued victims of a the wreck of the SS 'Forfarshire' off the Farne Islands. She died from tuberculosis in 1842, aged just 26. Her tomb is at St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. John Godfrey, attributed to: : Artist
After
  1. Charles Wynne Nicholls: British, Irish, English: Artist, painter
People Related
  1. James S Virtue: : Lithographers, printers
  2. Grace Darling: British: Heroine
Medium
  1. Engraving
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Northumberland Bamburgh

  1. 55 36 00 N , 001 42 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Other

People Other

Society & Culture Death & Burial

Locations & Buildings Monuments & Statues

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4750x3408
File Size : 15,809kb

Aliases

  1. 1L
  1. 0580033019
  1. 2-692-821
  1. 2692821
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