Francis Pettit Smith, Captain Barnard R. Mathews and officers of the Great Britain Steam Ship
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Object number2014.04170
TitleFrancis Pettit Smith, Captain Barnard R. Mathews and officers of the Great Britain Steam Ship
Creator John McGahey (lithographer)
DescriptionA print with remains of gold frame, depicting Francis Pettit Smith, Barnard Mathews and other officers of the ss Great Britain. Three men are sat in the foreground as the other nine stand around and behind them. Captain Mathews and Crew. This is dated in May or June 1852, as there are crew members depicted which only served on voyage 8 of the SS Great Britain.
In detail, the men depicted are:
Seated in front row:
W. Martin, 2nd Officer - B.R. Mathews, Commander - H.T. Cox, 1st Officer
Standing left to right:
Edward State [William Edward Staite], Cadet - John Cleave, 3rd Officer - Archibald Alexander [Andrew Alexander], Surgeon - George Christian, Cadet - Francis Pettit Smith, Patentee of the screw propeller - Robert C. Lambert, Cadet - John Anjer, Purser - George M. Miller, Cadet - Charles Peters, 4th Officer.
Production placeLiverpool
Production date 1852-05 - 1852-06
Object nameprint (lithograph)
Object categoryvisual art
Techniqueengraved
Dimensions
- overall height: 400 mm
overall width: 440 mm
picture only height: 300 mm
picture only width: 340 mm
mount height: 350 mm
mount width: 380 mm
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”