Courtesy of a private collector | Licence: All Rights Reserved
Courtesy of a private collector | Licence: All Rights Reserved

The Wreck of the Caroline [Eliza]

Date

16 September 1849

Artist

Robert Elwes

Collection

Private Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Description

16 September 1849 is the correct date according to the official list of ship wrecks. Robert Elwes' book refers to being wrecked on The Caroline – name changed by Robert Elwes intentionally. This is one of a group of watercolours and drawings produced by Robert Elwes recording scenes witnessed on his world tour (1848-1850). These form the basis of printed illustrations for his travelogue 'A Sketcher's Tour Round the World', published 1854.

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Courtesy of a private collector

From the Watercolour World

Location

Flinders Island, Australia

Country

Australia

Tags

boats
ships

Tww Comment

The ship was driven ashore on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania.