Samuel Plimsoll
Vanity Fair Print
£50.00
Out of stock
Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 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 draught, and therefore the minimum freeboard for the vessel in various operating conditions). Its subsequent introduction in regulation resulted in a reduction of ship sinkings and a corresponding significant improvement in seafarer safety from the late 19th century onwards.
Condition - good, crease in corner, hidden when mounted
by W. Vine
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 March 1873
37x23cm