Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: The Lady Hobart Packet approaching the Ice Island.
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Accession number:
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76-280
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Record number:
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76-280-1
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JCB call number:
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D822 W872e
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Image title:
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The Lady Hobart Packet approaching the Ice Island.
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Place image published:
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[Dublin]
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Image publisher:
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[Richard Grace]
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Image date:
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[1822]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 88
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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13.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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8 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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A ship is thrown by a stormy sea against a huge iceberg that towers over it.
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Source Title:
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Wonderful escapes! Containing the narrative of the shipwreck of the Antelope packet. The loss of the Lady Hobart packet, on an island of ice. The shipwreck of the Hercules, on the coast of Africa. An extraordinary escape from the effects of a storm, in a journey over the frozen sea, in North America.
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Source place of publication:
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Dublin
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Source publisher:
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Printed by Richard Grace, 3, Mary-Street
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Source date:
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1822
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notes:
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The Lady Hobart had left Halifax, Nova Scotia, on June 22, 1803, and was wrecked 350 miles from St. John's Bay in southern Newfoundland on June 29. Hostilities between Napoleon's France and Britain had resumed in May, 1803, so the packet ship was on guard against French ships and succeeded in capturing one with its crew. Most of the prisoners had been transferred to two other British ships before the Lady Hobart sank. After spending seven days in two life boats, the crew returned to Island Cove, Newfoundland, with only the loss of the French captain who committed suicide. Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Former owner, Raymond Gee 1866; acquired in 1976.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Shipwrecks--Newfoundland and Labrador
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Subject headings:
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Newfoundland and Labrador--Description and travel
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