Wednesday 20 July 2016

RMS Republic drawing: 1000 Pageview Special

Guess what, guys! Today Anachronarchy received its 1000th page view! Thank you readers so much for all the support. I hope you've had half as much fun reading this blog as I've had writing it for the past 9 months.
As an expression of gratitude I'm posting a drawing I did a few weeks ago of the RMS Republic, a White Star Liner that sank after a collision in 1909 just off of Nantucket. It marked the first time a wireless distress signal had been used, and even though there wasn't enough space for everyone on the lifeboats there were enough nearby ships to assist. Nobody died as a result of the actual sinking (the collision did kill a few). Unfortunately this incident only bolstered shipmakers' faith in their own imperfect safety procedures, culminating in the massive loss of life from the Titanic's sinking three years later.
Anyways, this drawing was done entirely with pencils and took 7 hours to complete.

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