Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Stevens, Thomas, 1828-1888
Title:
Called to the rescue : heroism at sea.
Published / Created:
Coventry : Thomas Stevens, [1880]
Physical Description:
1 silk picture : color ; 5 x 15 cm, in mount 13 x 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK9002.S8 C3 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:12205093
Classification:
Visual Materials
Notes:
"Woven in pure silk by Thomas Stevens, Stevengraph Works, Coventry."

Date from Godden.

Godden, G. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, 3

Includes printed advertisement, on reverse of the mount, for other subjects in the Stevengraph series.

"A lifeboat rescue scene, normally with sub-title 'Heroism at sea', forming a pair with For life or death, heroism on land."--Godden.
Subject Terms:
Shipwrecks -- Pictorial works. | Search and rescue boats -- Pictorial works. | Silk pictures -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Embroidery (visual works) | Stevengraphs. | Textiles.