'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' fast to the Floe, off Cape Majendie, Wellington Channel, 1853 Plate V

Inscribed "H.M.S. Assistance and Pioneer fast to the floe, off Cape Majendie, Wellington Channel, 1853."
'Assistance' is shown in the centre foreground and 'Pioneer' behind on icy waters and against a coastal background. Both vessels exhibit unfurled sails.

Object Details

ID: PAF8117
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: May, Walter William; Day & Son Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy
Vessels: Assistance (1835); Pioneer (1850)
Date made: 1850; 1853
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 245 x 342 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 560 mm