The Eddystone Lighthouse of 1698
Eddystone lighthouse, built by Henry Winstanley in 1698, which was destroyed in a storm in 1703. Winstanley, a London merchant, had lost a number of ships on the Eddystone rocks and was the first to build a lighthouse there
Picture No
13731365
Media ID
45399366
Size
3887px x 6250px
(1.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration in The Graphic, 19 October 1895, page 479.. Image digitally colourised using AI
