Call Number	priJLC_MIL_001398
Title	Sinking of the British battle ship Victoria off Tripoli, Syria, June 22, 1893.
Publisher	Currier & Ives
Place of Publication	New York (N.Y.)
Date	©1893
Date Searchable	1893
Physical Description	1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 30.8 x 40.64 cm (12 1/8 x 16 in.)
Object Type	Prints, documentary
Description	Image of the sinking of the British battleship Victoria after crashing into another vessel (the Camperdown) during maneuvers off the coast of Tripoli, Lebanon, in 1893; the Victoria is pictured partially submerged on its side surrounded by ships and rowboats offering aid; sailors scramble to escape the Victoria as it sinks into the sea.
Notes	"Pub. by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St. New York."--text, bottom left margin. "Copyright 1893, Currier & Ives, New York."--text, bottom right margin. "By Collision with the Battle Ship Camperdown during the Manoeuvres of the British Squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon. By the awful disaster the Vice Admiral and over Four Hundred Officers, Engineers, Sailors, and Marines perished."--text, bottom center margin.
Subjects	Battleships -- Pictorial works. Marine accidents -- Pictorial works. Ships -- Pictorial works. Tryon, George, Sir, 1832-1893.
Form/Genre	Lithographs -- Color -- 1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Language	English [eng]
Contributor 01	Last, Jay T. (donor)
Physical Collection	Jay T. Last Collection
Physical Sub-Collection	Military
Physical Series	Large Size
Physical Sub-Series	Other Military
Digital Collection	The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Department	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera
Finding Aid/Guide to Collection	For more information about this collection see: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8df6thn/
Digitization Specifications	High resolution.
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Unique Digital Identifier	403420