The brig-sloop 'Fantome'
Inscribed in pencil on back “H. M. S. Fantome”. This ship, initially commissioned for anti-slavery patrols, detained numerous Brazilian, Portuguese and Spanish vessels off the West African and South American coasts in the early 1840s. She later (1850s-60s) performed various roles in Australasian waters. Here she is depicted cruising off an unidentifiable coastline, with a paddle steamer shown closer in shore to right.
Deey appears to have slightly misrepresented her armament, showing nine (instead of eight) starboard-side guns. SLR0765 is a contemporary model of a vessel of the same class, the ‘Pilot’ (1838); close comparison between these two items suggests further inaccuracies on the artist’s part, such as a misrepresentation of the spacing of the gunports and chain wales.
Deey appears to have slightly misrepresented her armament, showing nine (instead of eight) starboard-side guns. SLR0765 is a contemporary model of a vessel of the same class, the ‘Pilot’ (1838); close comparison between these two items suggests further inaccuracies on the artist’s part, such as a misrepresentation of the spacing of the gunports and chain wales.
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Object Details
ID: | PAF8084 |
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Collection: | Fine art |
Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Deey, N E; Gillard, T. Madeley, George Edward |
Vessels: | Fantome (1839) |
Date made: | 1839 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 223 x 286 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 556 mm |