'Britannia' being towed off the coast of Candia [Crete]; illustration to Falconer's 'The Shipwreck' (1811 ed., p. 9)
The fourth of a series of ten drawings, of which the collection holds nine (PAF5913–21). The printed description of the plate based on it, probably written by Pocock, reads: 'Light, variable, and transient airs of Wind. The Ship appears under all her Sails. Steering Sails alternately set and hauled down. The Yards braced and squared, occasionally to catch the breeze – Boats ahead, towing the Ship off the Shore.' Signed by the artist and dated, lower right. For further details see the first of the series, PAF5913: for an anonymous early copy of this one, better indicating its now faded original colour, see PAJ1643. Exhibited: NMM Pocock exhib. (1975) no. 36.
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Object Details
ID: | PAF5915 |
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Collection: | Fine art; Special collections |
Type: | Drawing |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Pocock, Nicholas |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Vessels: | Britannia (1893) |
Date made: | 1810 |
People: | Pocock, Nicholas |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
Measurements: | Mount: 207 mm x 320 mm |