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The French warship "La Vire", 1874
- Date
- 1874
- Reference
- 1/2-014896-G
- Description
The French warship 'La Vire'. She was a barque-rigged steamer sloop of 1625 tons, built at L'Oreuil in 1871 for the French Survey Department. She took a French expedition to Campbell Island in 1874, and assisted in the rescue of passengers and crew from the wreck of the ship Surat, at Catlins River, January 1874. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus.
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - La Vire; Marginal notes on negative - top left - La Vire
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Marines (Visual works), Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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