Breaking up of the Agamemnon, 1870, Auguste Barry; Artist: After Francis Seymour Haden, English, British, 1818–1910, 7 1/2 × 16 in. ( × cm) (plate)9 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. ( × cm) (sight)17 5/8 × 25 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame), Etching and drypoint, England, 19th century, This is a slightly reduced copy of an etching made by Francis Seymour Haden in 1870. Apart from this print, we know nothing of the copyist, who signed 'A. Barry.' The Agamemnon was one of the last wooden-hulled war ships built in England. The Keel was laid in 1849

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