Chiffonne - The ship which Charles Adam took from the French at the Seychelles Islands

Pen and grey wash drawing of (La) Chiffonne (1799), a French frigate taken by the British in 1801. The drawing is signed "Jne Shertcliffe delinr 1804" and inscribed on the verso "The ship which Charles Adam took from the French at the Seychelles Islands". She was captured by the Sybille (38 guns, Captain Charles Adam) on 19 August 1801. The Sybille is another ship captured from the French, by the Romney in 1794.

Object Details

ID: PAF8000
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Shertcliffe, John
Vessels: Chiffonne (1799)
Date made: 1804
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 281 mm x 338 mm