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Description: | inscription, printing, black type, IN MEMORY
OF MY BROTHER, JOHN BURN,
Who Lost his Life (with 19 others) by the
UPSETTING OF THE LIFEBOAT, OFF SOUTH SHIELDS,
DECEMBER 4TH, 1849.
Poem printed on silk, entitled 'In Memory of my Brother, John Burn'. The poem is in memory of John Burn, Tyne Pilot, who lost his life along with 19 others, off the coast of South Shields in the lifeboat disaster of 4.12.1849. John Burn's sister was called Eleanor Waugh (nee Burn); TWCMS 2008.1824 is a photograph of Eleanor.
Material: textile, silk | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.costume&textiles.260883 | Go to resource |
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