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Medea Towing a Turkish Corvette out of a dangerous situation in the Island of Syra 26 Augst 1836
The ‘Medea’ towing a Turkish Corvette off the rocky island of Syra (or Syros), Greece, facing left. Two ship’s boats accompany each vessel. Two onlookers present at right foreground standing on rocks. Treacherous waves throughout. Coloured lithograph by Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, 1837.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH0856 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Brocktorff, Charles Frederick de |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Vessels: | Medea (1833) |
| Date made: | 1837 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 378 x 477 mm; Mount: 482 mm x 634 mm |
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