LIFE-BOAT SERVICE ON THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST

Original 16 1/2 inch x 22 3/4 inch Engraving titled LIFE-BOAT SERVICE ON THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST: THROWING THE HAND ROCKET.

Engraved by William James Palmer (c. 1858 – 1896). Wood-engraver; brief partnership with E.M.Wimperis as ‘Palmer and Wimperis,’ 1859.

After William Heysham Overend (1851 – 1898). Marine painter, etcher, draughtsman illustrator for wood engravings; worked in London as illustrator for ‘Illustrated London News’, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1872.

From The Illustrated London News November 6th, 1880

The engraving is in very good condition with one vertical fold.