Sketch of the hull and lower part of the rigging of the Melville and separate sketch of part of the foremast. Annotated

Pencil sketch of the bows, port side and lower rigging of the 74-gun Melville with annotation as to colour on the rigging and spars. On the right-hand top corner there is a partial sketch, also annotated, of the cross trees. These sketches are bound with PAG3722-PAG3725, PAG3727-PAG3769.

Object Details

ID: PAG3726
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Copley Fielding, Anthony Vandyke
Vessels: Melville (1817)
Date made: 28 Jul 1826
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 133 mm x 257 mm
Parts: Copley Fielding Sketchbook of Shipping, 1855. From Fairfax-Murray Collection March 20th 1918 (Album)