Sketch of Scylla and Pelican at Spithead 6 Mar 1835

This pen and red chalk sketch shows the ships Scylla, on the left, and Pelican, on the right, both in starboard broadside view, at anchor with Pelican slightly closer to the coastline. Neither ship has any sails or flags hoisted. Another vessel, in similar condition, is depicted in the distance, on the far left of the picture.

This sketch is bound with PAH4813-PAH4836 and PAH4838-PAH4840.

Object Details

ID: PAH4837
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Willson, James Kennett
Vessels: Scylla (1809); Pelican (1812)
Date made: 1835
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 115 x 190 mm
Parts: James Kennett Willson sketchbook 1834-1835. Album VI (Sketchbook)