The Catalpa, the rescuers and the rescued

Title

The Catalpa, the rescuers and the rescued

Date made

1876

Category

Print

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

Impressions

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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