HMS Clyde escaping from mutinous fleet at the Nore 1797

Drawing with hand-written inscription and sketch of four figures on verso. HMS Clyde is shown in the right foreground escaping from a mutinous fleet in 1797. William Joy and his brother John Cantiloe Joy (1806-1866) were educated at Yarmouth and worked there together as marine artists until 1832 (see B. M. Catalogue). The Clyde was sold in 1814.

Object Details

ID: PAG9801
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Joy, William
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Clyde (1796)
Date made: 1796; 29 May 1797
People: British Fleet
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 304 x 495 mm; Mount: 18 15/16 in x 25 in