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Creator:
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
Title(s):
Called to the rescue : heroism at sea.
Published/Created:
Coventry : Thomas Stevens, [1880]
Physical Description:
1 silk picture : color ; 5 x 15 cm, in mount 13 x 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK9002.S8 C3 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Classification:
Visual Materials
Notes:
"Woven in pure silk by Thomas Stevens, Stevengraph Works, Coventry."
Date from Godden.
Godden, G. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, 3
Includes printed advertisement, on reverse of the mount, for other subjects in the Stevengraph series.
"A lifeboat rescue scene, normally with sub-title 'Heroism at sea', forming a pair with For life or death, heroism on land."--Godden.
Subject Terms:
Search and rescue boats -- Pictorial works.
Shipwrecks -- Pictorial works.
Silk pictures -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Embroidery (visual works)
Stevengraphs.
Textiles.
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