AN 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING OF A DIVING BELL IN USE
from the Universal Magazine, with later colouring, contained in frame with facsimile pages describing its use; together with a large print of the diving operations at Tay Bridge disaster taken from the Illustrated London News with later colouring, framed and glazed; and two further prints of historical diving interest, the largest -- 14 x 21in. (35.5 x 53.5cm.)
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Condition Report
Unexamined out of frames, Universal Magazine time-stained; Tay Bridge evidence of joint repairs, some discolouration to border; life-saving apparatus suffering from acid burn along lower margin.

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