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 10: The Russian Squadron with their yards manned in compliment to the Duchess of Clarence, Augt 8th 1827
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 as follows: left to right, the 'Sisoy', 74 guns; 'Ezekiel, 74; 'Czar Constantine', 78; 'Mecurius', 46; 'N. Cadimer' [? 'Vladimer'], 74; 'Hargood' [?], 74; 'Royal Sovereign', yacht; 'Alexander Newski', 74; 'Azoff', 80; 'St Andrew', 74.
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