AN UNUSUAL SET OF THREE WOOLWORKS DEPICTING THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA

the first two composed as a pair and depicting the liner underway, framed within a life buoy inscribed R.M.S. Lusitania, Liverpool and in the corners inscribed Cunard / Liner / 670 of a crew / Her last run; the other depicting the sinking liner also framed within a lifebuoy with external inscription reading SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE / 1870 WAS ON BOARD / 1190 LIVES WERE LOST -- 15¼ x 15in. (39 x 38cm.); together with a third panel depicting the lifeboats heading towards land with the submarine in the lower left-hand corner marked with an X, entitled OLD HEAD OF KINSALE and inscribed MADE IN HOLLAND BY G. W. LEWIS, WHEN INTERNED 1915 -- 7 x 17½in. (18 x 44.5cm.), framed and glazed

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Condition Report

Framed sizes: 25½in. square (pair): other 16½ x 27in.)

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