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C1874
The Pilot Boarding the Mail Steamer at the Heads.
Scarce colonial engraving of a pilot boat rowing to a mail steamer to navigate the ship through the Heads. Due to the enormous increase in shipping through Port Phillip Bay due to the discovery of gold, a number of ships … Read Full Description
$A 245
S/N: AS-SHIPS-AA-740516017–422387
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Categories: Victoria – Country, SHIPS & YACHTS, AUSTRALIA, PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS, TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS
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Full Title:
The Pilot Boarding the Mail Steamer at the Heads.
Date:
C1874
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
240mm
x 228mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1874
Description:
Scarce colonial engraving of a pilot boat rowing to a mail steamer to navigate the ship through the Heads.
Due to the enormous increase in shipping through Port Phillip Bay due to the discovery of gold, a number of ships were lost at the dangerous entrance to Port Phillip , known as The Rip. The Government was petitioned to take over the service and to supply a cruising pilot cutter to put pilots aboard ships at sea. The brigantine Boomerang was the first in 1853.
From the original edition of The Australasian Sketcher.
Collections:
State Library Victoria: PCINF AS 16-05-74 P.17
State Library Victoria: PCINF AS 16-05-74 P.17
