'Launch of HMS Blake'

original art: drawing. Inscribed, as title, by the artist. A study of the protected cruiser 'Blake', with attending tugs, just after launch into the Medway at Chatham Dockyard on 23 November 1889. The ship was scrapped in 1922. See also PAE2623.

Object Details

ID: PAE2622
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Vessels: Blake (1889)
Date made: 23 Nov 1889
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 240 mm x 340 mm