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Sketch of fortifications inscribed 'Custom Ho: Bastion' and inset sketch of fortified coast
Bound with PAG5969-PAG5979, PAG5981-PAG6008.
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Object Details
ID:
PAG5980
Type:
Drawing
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Cecil George Charles King, Cecil George Charles
Date made:
1928
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:
Sheet: 190 x 295 mm
Parts:
Cecil King (1881-1942) The Malta Sketchbook, 1928 (Sketchbook)
Annotated sketches of peacock and peahen (Drawing) (PAG5970)
Sketch of a 17th century Dutch or Spanish fighting vessel (on reverse and inverted) (Drawing) (PAG5971)
Annotated sketch of Cunard liner Laconia Trafalgar Bay (Drawing) (PAG5972)
Annotated sketch of fortifications at Malta (continued from PAG5973) and slight sketches of steam vessels (Drawing) (PAG5973)
Annotated sketch of fortifications at Malta, inscribed 'Lazzarretto Creek' and 'Sliema' (Drawing) (PAG5974)
Annotated sketch of Castel San Angelo, Malta (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG5975)
Rough sketches of parts of vessels with ms. notes (and on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG5976)
Sketch of fortified town inscribed ' Senglea - From S. of Custom Ho.' (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG5977)
Page of slight sketches of various vessels and fortifications (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG5978)
Sketch of Castel San Angelo, Malta and of two sailing vessels (Drawing) (PAG5979)
Sketch of fortifications inscribed 'Custom Ho: Bastion' and inset sketch of fortified coast (Drawing) (PAG5980)
Annotated sketch of Castel San Angelo, Malta (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG5981)
Slight sketch of Senglea from Custom House, showing Dockyard Creek, Malta (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG5982)
Panoramic view of port, presumably at Malta (Drawing) (PAG5983)
Sketches of various locations in Malta including 'Lower Barracca' and 'Senglea' (Drawing) (PAG5984)
Two sketches of Castel San Angelo, Malta (Drawing) (PAG5985)
Two sketches of Castel San Angelo, Malta and environs (Drawing) (PAG5986)
Annotated rough slight sketches of various vessels and fortifications (Drawing) (PAG5987)
Sketch of steam vessel in fortified harbour, inscribed 'Marsamuscetto' and small sketch of a vessel drawn below (Drawing) (PAG5988)
Two sketches of fortifications, presumably at Malta (Drawing) (PAG5989)
Annotated sketch of HMS Berwick at Malta, 14 Mar 1928 (Drawing) (PAG5990)
Rough sketch of steam vessel in fortified harbour and inset sketches of other craft (Drawing) (PAG5991)
Annotated sketch of Castel San Angelo, Malta (Drawing) (PAG5992)
Sketch of Cunard liner Lancastria (Drawing) (PAG5993)
Annotated rough sketch of fighting vessel, possibly HMS Delhi in a fortified harbour (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG5994)
Slight annotated sketch of fighting vessel off fortification (Drawing) (PAG5995)
Sketch of HMS Berwick at Malta Mar 1928 (Drawing) (PAG5996)
Rough sketch of part of fortified town, inscribed 'Upper Barracca' (Drawing) (PAG5997)
Slight sketch of HMS Resolution in a fortified harbour (Drawing) (PAG5998)
Sketch of fortified harbour with ethnic craft, probably Malta (Drawing) (PAG5999)
Rough sketch of Malta 10 Mar 1928, showing Custom House, with HMS Warspite and HMS Delhi at anchor in the bay (Drawing) (PAG6000)
Rough sketch of cacti at Melisha (Drawing) (PAG6001)
Very slight sketch of steam vessels in harbour (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG6002)
Rough annotated sketch of targets and tug (Drawing) (PAG6003)
Slight annotated sketch of light cruiser HMS Conquest at Malta (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG6004)
Annotated sketch of Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta with British naval vessels at anchor (Drawing) (PAG6005)
Sketch of HMS Conquest leaving Sliema, Malta (Drawing) (PAG6006)
Two very slight unidentified topographical sketches (Drawing) (PAG6007)
Rough annotated sketches of sail plans and rigging, page inscribed 'Tunis' (inverted) (Drawing) (PAG6008)
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