IMAGE
Artist unknown :Portuguese attack on the British at Beira, East Africa. HPMS Limpopo. SS Agnes. The Shark. HPMS Tamega. [Illustrated London news?] May 1891
- Date
- 1891
- By
- Willoughby, John (Sir), active 1892
- Reference
- A-248-005
- Description
A broadside view of the HPMS Limpopo and the Agnes, with The Shark and HPMS Tamega in the distance on the right. The title continues `My sketch shows the position one minute after the Tamega fired the first shot; the Limpopo full of armed men has been run up alongside the Agnes, and is threatening her with a quick-firing shell-gun on her bow - From Sir John Willoughy's letter'.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Wood engraving, 221 x 301 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911 / [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Marines (Visual works), Wood engraving, 221 x 301 mm
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