An English ship off Gibraltar

Watercolour of an English 74-gun ship with other craft off the coast of Gibraltar. It is signed by the artist '[T] Richbell', who is likely to be Captain Thomas Richbell, who served in the navy, ending his career as head of the Thames River police. He was also an accomplished amateur artist exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1803.

Object Details

ID: PAF5864
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Richbell, Thomas
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1790s; 1792
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 193 x 262 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 557 mm