Antique Engraving Print “Cutting away the masts”, 1835 (very rare)

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Antique Engraving Print “Cutting away the masts”, 1835, credit Antiche Curiosità©

Antique Rare Engraving Print “Cutting away the masts”, 1835,  8,5 x 5,5 inch. (22 x 14 cm.).”Drawn by C. Stanfield, R.A.”, “Engraved by J. T. Willmore” and publication line: “London, Published Oct., 1835, for the Proprietor by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street”.

It is a rare item which can be found in the British Museum’s Collection too. Very rare.

Cod. P. 62

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“Illustration to Captain Marryat’s ‘The Pirate, and the Three Cutters’; a shipwreck in a storm, with figures on the deck as the ship is almost overturned on a wave, sailors in the centre raising axes, ready to cut the mast and rigging. 1835”

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3129052&partId=1