The Proserpine Frigate / Lost March 1799 off Newark Island in the Elbe, John Thomas Serres, 23 April 1802

Survivors of a shipwreck trudging across the ice into the left foreground, including a man who bends to lift a box labelled 'i t serres / 1799', another helping a woman over a ledge to right, with the ship leaning on one side agains the ice in the background. 1802 hand-coloured etching and aquatint. Date: 23 April 1802. Dimensions: height: 31.2 cm (12.2 in); width: 38.4 cm (15.1 in). Collection: British Museum. HMS Proserpine (1777) wrecked