Grace Darling participating in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 off the Farne Islands, coast of Northumberland. Photograph after W.B. Scott.
- Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890.
- Date:
- [19--?]
- Reference:
- 3163095i
- Pictures
About this work
Also known as
Composition known as : Grace Darling (1815-1842) and her father William Darling (d.1865) save the survivors from the wreck of the steamer 'Forfarshire' on the Farne Rocks, 7th September 1838
Description
"In autumn 1838 after a terrible storm William Darling, the keeper of Longstone Lighthouse, saw the remains of the Forfarshire and a handful of survivors on rocks a mile away on the other side of a fast flowing channel. He was alone, except for his sick wife and Grace their young daughter, so did not believe a rescue was possible until Grace hastily got ready to help him and insisted that they try. Together they launched the coble [rowing boat] and rowed out to the wreck and saved eight lives. The woman on the shipwreck is a portrait of Alice Boyd, a great friend of William Bell Scott"--National Trust website, accessed 31 May 2019
Publication/Creation
[19--?]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint, toned in brown ; sheet 35.5 x 36.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
The painting is signed and dated, on the side of the boat, bottom right: W B Scott Jan to Oct 1860
Notes
The series of eight paintings was "commissioned in 1855 by Sir Walter Trevelyan to decorate the courtyard at Wallington; began in 1857 and the series was exhibited at regular intervals at the Literary Society in Newcastle and completed in 1861 ... [they were] given with the property to The National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870–1958)"--National Trust website
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3163095i
Reproduction note
After one of eight oil paintings illustrating the history of the English Border with Scotland painted between 1856 and 1861
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores