Breaking up the Agamemnon
Date1870
Artist
Seymour Haden
(British collector, etcher, and surgeon, 1818–1910)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 7 9/16 × 16 1/8 in. (19.2 × 41 cm)
sheet: 9 15/16 × 18 15/16 in. (25.2 × 48.1 cm)
sheet: 9 15/16 × 18 15/16 in. (25.2 × 48.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1940
Object number1940-11.184
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe British navy dismantled its last surviving wooden-hulled battleship off the coast in 1870. Haden’s print attained instant popularity, and its sentimental end-of-an-era theme engendered many imitations.
