£20
Shipwreck Photographs The Isles of Scilly. A collection of 'Gibson' of printed photographs. The wrecked French brigantine 'Jeune Hortense', drove ashore on 17th May 1888, 3cm tear to foot, Gibsons of Scilly Islands stamp to verso with printed annotations by Richard Larn; 'The Andola' off Sharkes Fin Rock near the Manacles, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; the schooner 'Naiad', West Looe, 29.3.1931, Gibson stamp to verso; 'The Maty Hannah', Newlyn, 1899, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; The German schooner 'Adolf Vinnen' near Bass Point, Lizard, 23 February 1923, sepia tone, pasted onto card, printed annotations to rear, used in 'Wreck & Rescue' by Richard Larn; The masts and funnel of the liner 'Monhegan' shown above the surface, on the Manacles, Lizard, 14.10.1898, F.E. Gibson Stamp to verso; The French steamship 'Maurice Bernard' in ballest, ashore Kennack Sands, Lizard, 25th May 1925, her crew being brought ashore by breeches buoy, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; With others, all later prints. - Collaged images might not be to the correct scale
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