Orwell

A starboard quarter view of the ‘Orwell’ paddle steamer carrying passengers. Etching. Signed by the artist in mirror-image.
The ‘Orwell’ was built for Messrs. Cubitt & Co. of London and was employed on the Harwich ferry and general river service (H. Parker and F.C. Bowen, “Mail and Passenger Steamships of the Nineteenth Century”).

Object Details

ID: PAD6642
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: C., J.
Vessels: Orwell (1815)
Date made: 1815
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 125 mm x 200 mm