H.M.S. Constance, 50 guns... joining the Experimental Squadron

NMM holds the original watercolour by Henry Andrews Luscombe on which this lithograph by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton is based. See PAG9795.

The print is inscribed: "HMS Constance, 50 guns. To Captain Sir Baldwin W Walker, KCB, & the Officers of the Ship, this print of the 'Constance' joining the Experimental Squadron, is by permission, respectfully dedicated by their obliged Servant, Henry Andrews Luscombe."

The 'Albion' and 'Hibernia' are shown ahead of 'Constance'; and 'St Vincent', 'Rodney', 'Queen', 'Vanguard' and 'Canopus' are shown in the distance, astern of the 'Constance'. Sir Baldwin W Walker KCB was captain of the 'Constance' until August 1847; James Wainwright remained a lieutenant aboard her until the first months of 1849.

Object Details

ID: PAH0935
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wainwright, after; Luscombe, Henry Andrews Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy Ackermann, Rudolph
Vessels: Constance (1846)
Date made: 1846
People: Experimental Squadon - British
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 384 x 540 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 633 mm