COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL18090032
Reference Number:
VOB.5.25
Image Title:
Isabella Banks Splinters from The Princess Alice
Series Title:
E.L. Burney Collection
Date Created:
c1800s
Description:
Small slivers of wood tied together with wire. Attached is a handwritten label stating Splinters from The Princess Alice sunk in the Thames from a collision. [Initials illegible].
On 3rd of September 1878, SS Princess Alice, formerly PS Bute, was sunk in a collision on the River Thames with the collier Bywell Castle off Tripcok Point. Over 650 lives were lost.
On 3rd of September 1878, SS Princess Alice, formerly PS Bute, was sunk in a collision on the River Thames with the collier Bywell Castle off Tripcok Point. Over 650 lives were lost.
Subject:
Collectors and collecting
Subject:
Ships
Category of Material:
Objects
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Wood
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
People Covered:
Banks, G. Linnaeus (George Linnaeus) Mrs., 1821-1897
Item Height:
127 mm
Item Width:
13 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-09-05
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Isabella Banks Splinters from The Princess Alice
