ELECTRIC LIGHT AT THE SOUTH FORELAND
£39.50
Original 11 3/4 inch x 8 3/4 inch Engraving titled THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AT THE SOUTH FORELAND.
South Foreland Lighthouse is a Victorian lighthouse on the South Foreland in St. Margaret’s Bay, Dover, Kent, England, used to warn ships approaching the nearby Goodwin Sands. Built in 1843, it went out of service in 1988 and is currently owned by the National Trust. It is notable as having been the first lighthouse to use an electric light, and was the site chosen by Guglielmo Marconi for his pioneering experiments in wireless radio transmissions.
From The Graphic February 3rd, 1872
The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper, first published on 4 December 1869 by William Luson Thomas’s company Illustrated Newspapers Limited. It continued to be published weekly under this title until 23 April 1932 and then changed title to The National Graphic between 28 April and 14 July 1932; it then ceased publication, after 3,266 issues.
Page size 15 1/2 inch x 11 1/2 inch
The engraving is in very good condition. Printed text on the reverse.
Availability: 1 in stock
