'Buzzard' captures the Spanish slaver 'Formidable', 17 December 1834

This drawing corresponds to Huggins’ version in oils and the aquatint engraved by Edward Duncan in the NMM collection (BHC0625 and PAH8184 respectively); both items contain fuller descriptions of the ships and incident portrayed.

Object Details

ID: PAG9762
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Huggins, William John
Vessels: Buzzard (1834); Formidable (fl.1834)
Date made: 1834; 1834
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Macpherson Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 355 x 509 mm; Mount: 484 mm x 634 mm