HMS Enterprise & H.M.G.B Comet

Moonlit scene depicting the gunboat 'Comet' in the left foreground and 'Enterprise', an iron clad screw sloop, in the middle ground to the right. The scene is calm and serene, perhaps reflecting a period of peace for the Channel fleet.

Object Details

ID: PAD6250
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mitchell, William Frederick; Griffin & Co Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy
Vessels: Enterprise (1864); Comet (1870)
Date made: 1 Oct 1872
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 195 mm x 257 mm