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

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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

Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890.

Lettering

The painting is signed and dated, on the side of the boat, bottom right: W B Scott Jan to Oct 1860

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

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