Going down in a diving machine (caricature) (Diving 17)
Hand-coloured.
A caricature of people in a diving machine which has burst and flooded, one of the men is getting his head bitten off by a shark whilst other sharks are swimming around. This was published at the time the diving bell was being constructed at Rotherhithe.
A caricature of people in a diving machine which has burst and flooded, one of the men is getting his head bitten off by a shark whilst other sharks are swimming around. This was published at the time the diving bell was being constructed at Rotherhithe.
Object Details
ID: | PAG8308 |
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Collection: | Fine art |
Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | B., P. F. L.; C., J. McLean, Thomas |
Date made: | 1 Aug 1835 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Primary support: 246 mm x 350 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 560 mm |
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