| Summary: | Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription.; Inscriptions: "Hewitt Bros. 95 Swanston St."--Printed on mount below image; "Castaways from General Grant shipwreck. Survivors lived on a Pacific island for 2 years and killed seals for clothing 1878-1880"--In ink on verso.; Condition: Foxing, faded, stained lower right edge,; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4534438; Purchased 2008. Mary Ann and Joseph Jewell were shipwrecked on the Auckland Islands south of New Zealand in May 1866. The American merchant ship General Grant was en route from Melbourne to London. Of the 83 people aboard, only ten survived.
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