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Photograph - Photograph of the Painting (water colour) of the 'Empress of the Sea' burning, Charles Dickson Gregory, 'Burning of the Empress of the Sea'

  • Photograph of the Painting (water colour) of the 'Empress of the Sea' burning

    Photograph of the Painting (water colour) of the 'Empress of the Sea' burning

Historical information

The Empress of the Sea is historically and archaeologically significant as it was one of Donald Mackay's famous wooden clipper ships ie: representative of a particular design or type. It was also associated with both the Black Ball and White Star Lines of Australian Packets, which carried thousands of immigrants from Britain to Australia.

Physical description

Photograph of an original water colour painting of the burning of the sailing ship 'Empress of the Sea' by Charles Dickson Gregory

Inscriptions & markings

Front: Burning of the Empress of the Sea, C. Dickson Gregory.
Back: nil

Subjects

References

  • On 19 December 1861, EMPRESS OF THE SEA (Capt. W. Bragg) was on voyage from Melbourne to London when she was lost due to a fire. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?56997
  • Empress of the Sea
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