Antique Print-IRONCLAD-WARSHIP-BRITISH NAVY-HMS AGINCOURT-BIRKENHEAD-1865

Subject: Plate : 'Our iron clad fleet; undocking H.M.S. Agincourt at Birkenhead.' English text on verso.

Condition: Very good, given age. A crease in the top right margin. General age-related toning and light staining/soiling from handling as visible on image. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Wood engraving on vellin paper. Partly hand-coloured.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 40 x 28 cm. The image size is ca. 36 x 21 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 15.7 x 11 inch. The image size is ca. 14.2 x 8.3 inch.

Part Number: 46015

Location: DP-A132-21

Description: This antique print originates from 'The Illustrated London News'. The Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine; its inaugural issue appeared on Saturday, 14 May 1842. The magazine was published weekly until 1971, and less frequently thereafter. Publication ceased in 2003. This plate was published 1865.

Artists and Engravers: Anonymous.