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Shipwreck victims

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  • A shipwrecked woman holds on to the remains of a ship-mast waving for help in the stormy sea. Engraving by C. Heath after H. Warren.
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    Survivors of a shipwreck on a raft at sea. Engraving by W. Miller, 185-, after F. Danby, 1824.

    Danby, Francis, 1793-1861. | Date: [between 1850 and 1859?] | Reference: 2491416i
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    An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck / By Sir William Hillary.

    Hillary, William, 1771-1847. | Date: 1823
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    A shipwrecked sailor stands on the shore looking up at the sun's rays emerging from the clouds. Stipple engraving by J. Whessell, 1802, after J. Barney.

    Barney, Joseph, 1753-1832. | Date: Jan.y 1 1802 | Reference: 3140275i
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    Telemachus and Mentor being shipwrecked on Ogygia, where they are seen by Calypso. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1774, after F. de La Mothe-Fénelon.

    Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715. | Date: August 1 1774 | Reference: 3020954i
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    A shipwrecked woman holds on to the remains of a ship-mast waving for help in the stormy sea. Engraving by C. Heath after H. Warren.

    Warren, Henry, 1794-1879. | Date: 1 October 1847 | Reference: 43718i
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