Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth In the year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses. Plate [?]: Part of the Russian Squadron at Anchor at Spithead.
Technique includes etching. One of a set of images by the London marine artist Henry Moses (c. 1782 - 1870), best known for his 1820s series, 'Sketches of Shipping', covering dock scenes on the Thames. See notes for PAD7999. Inscriptions along the bottom here identify ships of the Russian squadron shown: left to right, the 'Hargood', 78 guns; the Russian flagship 'Azoff', 80; 'St Andrew', 74 and 'Constantine' 44.
PAD8011 is another copy.
PAD8011 is another copy.
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