HMS 'Bellerophon' (1824) in a gale

Inscribed: "A THIRD RATE - 74 GUNS. Close reefed topsails - Larboard quarterview - A gale - Lee shore".

This is one of the lithographs by John Ward, published under the title "The British Navy" and introduced as "expressly executed as a work of information and instruction". Set of ten views (one missing), others are PAF5022, PAF5024-PAF5030.

Object Details

ID: PAF5023
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Monkhouse, William; Ward, John
Vessels: Waterloo (1818)
Date made: 1818; ca.1848
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 225 x 289 mm