Shipwrecked sailors in a rowing boat in rough seas - stock illustration

A group of shipwrecked sailors trying to catch the attention of the crew of a sailing ship in the distance, but the rough sea and high waves threaten to deny them rescue. One man holds his head in hopelessness - or seasickness. From a bound volume of “Chatterbox”, edited by J Erskine Clarke and published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, London. Copies of a children’s weekly magazine dated from 20 November 1886 to 5 November 1887.