In memory of nearly six hundred passengers, who perished by the sinking of the saloon steamer, "Princess Alice", in the Thames, off Woolwich, September 3rd, 1878,
Published / Created:
England, 1861.
Physical Description:
1 card : embossing ; 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Memorial card in remembrance of the 600 hundred passengers who died in the sinking of the steamship the Princess Alice. Black background on cream card with printed letterpress and embossed and cut paper Gothic tracery overlay. Mourning symbols include a weeping willow, an angel and a listing ship.
Subject Terms:
Princess Alice (Steamship) | Steamboat disasters -- England -- Thames River. | Death. | Grief. | Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Memorial cards. | Memorial works. | Cut-paper works. | Embossed prints. | Ephemera.