The Wrecks at Balaklava

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The Wrecks at Balaklava
The Wrecks at Balaklava
Publisher (American)
Datec. 1855
MediumHand-colored wood engraving
DimensionsComposition: 15 5/16 in. × 22 in. (38.9 × 55.9 cm) Sheet: 16 3/4 × 23 3/4 in. (42.5 × 60.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.165
Not on view
DescriptionShips crashing against rocks on the shore.
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Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Markings None noted.
Signature Signed "WAY & HENRY 69 NASSAU ST. N.Y." at lower left in block.
Inscribed "THE WRECKS AT BALAKLAVA.," at the center in typeset in black ink.; "PUBLISHED BY STIMSON & CO., AT THE OFFICE OF THE EXPRESS MESSENGER, 36 BROADWAY." at the lower center in typeset in black ink.

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