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Description: | Handbill celebrating the building of lifeboats by Henry Greathead and the 'hundreds of valuable lives' saved as a result, in the eleven years since the first lifeboat was built. A lifeboat saving individuals from a stricken vessel in stormy seas is represented by an engraving at the top of the handbill. Handbill notes that Mr Greathead was presented with a medallion by the Royal Humane Society in 1801 and lower half features a rePrint of a letter sent to Greathead by Thomas Hinderwell of Scarborough in November 1801, in which the author praises the design and construction of Greathead's lifeboat.
Material: paper | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.prints.313636 | Go to resource |
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