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COLONIAL EMPIRE, glass negative
Photograph of a painting by T.G. Purvis showing a port broadside view of the four masted barque COLONIAL EMPIRE
COLONIAL EMPIRE. Built 1902 by John Reid & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, for the Empire Line (George Duncan & Co) London. She ran aground and was wrecked at Thunderbolt Reef, Algoa Bay, South Africa, in September 1917 while carrying kerosene for the Anglo-American Oil Company.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/842
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 163
Width
(mm): 213
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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