Devastation Taking a Dive off Bantry September 15th 1873 (two of two)

One of a pair of watercolour depictions of the port broadside Devastation under steam, shown under a cloud break in a storm. Three bright white lifeboats shown evenly spaced above the deck. Most of the vessel is obscured by white-topped waves. She is depicted dipping into the wind, stern aloft.

Pair with PAD6252.

Object Details

ID: PAD6253
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Devastation (1871)
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 155 mm x 250 mm