HM Ship Doris in Valparaiso Bay, Oct 1828

Port bow view of the ‘Doris’ (centre) being careened or ‘hove down’ at Valparaiso Bay in October 1828, three rowing boats nearby; left, two vessels docked in starboard quarter view; right, two-masted vessel in port quarter view; left foreground, two rowing boats; centre right foreground, figure on a rowing boat beside a buoy; background, view of Valparaiso with trees and houses. She was sold in 1829 at Valparaiso. Watercolour.

Object Details

ID: PAG9775
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hornbrook, Thomas Lyde
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Doris (1808)
Date made: 1808; Oct 1828
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 297 x 445 mm; Mount: 19 in x 25 in