The Ajax drawn from the original model in the Victoria and Albert Museum
This watercolour of the 'Ajax' was a study for a painting by Roe, titled 'Goodbye my Lads', which shows Lord Nelson leaving Portsmouth to join ‘Victory’, before the Battle of Trafalgar (PAI7651). A print after the painting appeared in a supplement to ‘Holly Leaves, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News’, Christmas Number, in 1905. Medium includes graphite. Signed by artist and dated.
Object Details
| ID: | PAH8422 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Roe, Fred |
| Vessels: | Ajax (1798) |
| Date made: | Jan 1905 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 388 x 598 mm; Mount: 609 mm x 836 mm |
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