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Life Boat 1827
Great Eastern 1857
Woolwich Dockyard 1841
Troop Steamer 1861
Turret Ship Monarch 1869
Great Eastern Paddle Steamer 1869
Iron Frigate Inconstant
Barking Fishing Boats 1844
19x12 cm
WOOLWICH
Rock & Co. London.
Fine steel engraving showing HMS Trafalgar in the sheds about to be launched flanked by rows of crowded paddle steamers with all flags flying.
HMS Trafalgar was launched on 21st June 1841 with an estimated 500,000 people who came to watch the event
This is a scarce engraving, printed at the top of a blank page (page size 19x23cm) probably intended as a notelet like an early postcard.
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