# Divers Preparing for Work

- By: Unknown artistUnknown artist
- Date: 8 February 1873
- Classification: Painting
- Credit line: The Illustrated London News
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Divers_-_Illustrated_London_News_Feb_6_1873-2.PNG)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Divers_-_Illustrated_London_News_Feb_6_1873-2.PNG/1920px-Divers_-_Illustrated_London_News_Feb_6_1873-2.PNG
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Divers Preparing for Work. Front cover illustration of the February 8, 1873 The Illustrated London News.\[1\] While not labelled explicitly, the Wreck of the Northfleet, a major naval disaster, occurred on the 22nd of January, and an article in a previous issue mentions divers being sent to recover the bodies and other remains. It would presumably have been obvious what they were doing to readers of the time.