The Catalpa, the rescuers and the rescued
Title
The Catalpa, the rescuers and the rescued
Date made
1876Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
photo-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower centre within image, 'THE CATALPA / THE RESCUERS / AND THE RESCURED'.
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.
Subject description
Picture of the whaling ship Catalpa' that sailed to Fremantle, Western Australia to release six Fenian prisinors. Around the image of the boat are oval pictures depicting the members of the expedition and some of the Irish prisoners rescued.
Legacy id
204643
Last Updated
09 Jan 2013