'Victory' in Portsmouth Harbour, 1827

No. 21 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)

Drawing inscribed in the upper right 'Victory April 27 – 1827 – Portsmouth Harbour.'

Schetky made a number of drawings of 'Victory' as she lay in Portsmouth harbour. In December 1823 Turner wrote to Schetky requesting help with his large painting of the battle of Trafalgar which George IV had commissioned in 1822: ‘If you will make me a sketch of the 'Victory' (she is in Hayle Lake or Portsmouth harbour) three-quarter bow on starboard side, or opposite the bow port, you will much oblige’.

Object Details

ID: PAI0909
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Schetky, John Christian
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: 27 Apr 1827
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 182 x 280 mm
Parts: Album of marine sketches by John Christian Schetky, mainly Portsmouth, 1795-1863 (Album)