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The “Great Eastern”

c1863. Glass lantern slide in original wooden mount, titled in pencil on mount above image and dated in ink on slip adhered to slide verso, 7 x 7.2cm. Foxing to lower portion.

The SS Great Eastern was “an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J. Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall on the River Thames, London. She was the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without refuelling.” Ref: Wiki.

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Item #CL178-5

Price (AUD): $990.00  other currencies