Plimsoll Samuel Mp (2 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original oval portrait (taken from a photograph) inset in a decorative border, printed in 1876, mounted (matted) and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. Samuel Plimsoll MP was known as 'The Sailor's Friend' and was responsible for the Plimsoll Line.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. First. A fine original colour lithograph from Vanity Fair, a magazine which was published from 1869-1914, featuring a large caricature portrait each week. These were drawn by various artists, the most famous of whom was Leslie Ward who used the 'nom de crayon' of "Spy". This portrait will come mounted/matted and ready to frame using archivist quality materials, mount size 18 x 12 inches, 47 x 31 cms. It will be presented in a cellophane wrapper with our label guaranteeing authenticity. We pack very well, between sheets of hardboard. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of Samuel Plimsoll, with the caption "The Sailor's Champion". With accompanying biographical details. Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1825 - 3 June 1898) was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull indicating the maximum safe draft, and therefore the minimum freeboard for the vessel in various operating conditions).…