Sujet

Cherbourg Roads: Mooring-ground for Men-of-War, 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cherbourg Roads: Mooring-ground for Men-of-War, 1858. 'The inner dock of Cherbourg is 1260 feet long and 600 broad. It is capable of receiving an entire fleet, which will be quite safe from an enemy's fire, at the greatest distance at which it has been ever known to take effect'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A81_462

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

32,1Mo (2,9Mo) / 48,7cm x 16,5cm / 5749 x 1949 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation Europe sea roads coast building people male man men fort arts coastal France harbour art trade guy port ship ships British geography color fortress fortifications fortification war century Britain newspapers press print concept channel Navy B&W manche sailor warfare fleet sailors engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships English Channel Colour naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W Basse-Normandie white and black warships men-of-war nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN Cherbourg man-of-war newspaper landscape Unknown Man of war men of war naval ship man-o'-war 19th-century