Sketches by an unknown artist of places in the Middle East and Far East, mainly dealing with the laying of the Red Sea Telegraph Cable, 1859-60 | Royal Museums Greenwich

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Sketches by an unknown artist of places in the Middle East and Far East, mainly dealing with the laying of the Red Sea Telegraph Cable, 1859-60

Sketchbook contains ninety nine pages, PAI1747-PAI1791, with fifty four pages which are blank. There are also three loose items, PAI1792-PAI1794, stored at back of volume.

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ID:	PAI1746
Type:	Sketchbook
Display location:	Not on display
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 270 x 270 x 30 mm
Parts:	Sketches by an unknown artist of places in the Middle East and Far East, mainly dealing with the laying of the Red Sea Telegraph Cable, 1859-60 Sketch of a crowd watching at Hong Kong racetrack (Drawing) (PAI1747) Pedra Branca, Singapore, Horsburgh lighthouse, eastern entrance to Singapore Strait (Drawing) (PAI1748) View of the coast at Pinang (Drawing) (PAI1749) View from a hill on Malaysia? (Drawing) (PAI1750) Rough sketch of Galle (Drawing) (PAI1751) Sketch of Pt de Galle (Drawing) (PAI1752) View across the bay 'From the Hill Penang' (Drawing) (PAI1753) View across the bay at Singapore (unfinished) (Drawing) (PAI1754) Rough outline sketch of Jeddah (Drawing) (PAI1755) View of Aden bay with coastline of Abyssinia in the distance (Drawing) (PAI1756) Aden, Citadel East Side (Drawing) (PAI1757) The small pass Aden (Drawing) (PAI1758) Rough outline sketch of a bay with a ship (continued from PAI1758) (Drawing) (PAI1759) The Great Pass Aden (Drawing) (PAI1760) Aden, seen from across a bay (continued from PAI1760) (Drawing) (PAI1761) Rough outline sketch of coastline at Aden (continued from PAI1761) (Drawing) (PAI1762) View of buildings below high rocky mountains (Drawing) (PAI1763) Rough outline sketch of rocky bay (Drawing) (PAI1764) View of the bay at Mocha, 1859, visited by HMS Chesapeake (Drawing) (PAI1765) Rough outline sketch of Djiddoh (continued from PAI1765) (Drawing) (PAI1766) Seascape - Cape Ras Fustak, coast of Moline as seen from HMS Chesapeake (Drawing) (PAI1767) Seascape - unidentified coastline (continued from PAI1767) (Drawing) (PAI1768) A cloud seen on 25th March 1859 - off Maldives at sea, HMS Chesapeake (Drawing) (PAI1769) Group of islands as seen from HMS Chesapeake (continued from PAI1769 (Drawing) (PAI1770) View of Saddle Island from the sea (Drawing) (PAI1771) Scene of the clouds as seen off Formosa from HMS Chesapeake (Drawing) (PAI1772) View of Trincomalee (continued from PAI1772) (Drawing) (PAI1773) View probably of Trincomalee, with the crew? of HMS Retribution on a raft, surveying? (continued from PAI1773) (Drawing) (PAI1774) Sketch of rock formed sluice at Kangely (Drawing) (PAI1775) Sketch of the sluice at Kangely (Drawing) (PAI1776) View of Kangely, with cows swimming and a man trying to shoot a crocodile (Drawing) (PAI1777) Sketch of the landing of telegraph cable at Minora? Pt - Red Sea Telegraph (continued from PAI1777) (Drawing) (PAI1778) View of the cable being laid off Kurachee, Minora? Point (continued from PAI1778) (Drawing) (PAI1779) Sketch of Landing place of Cable. Muscat. HMS Retribution (unfinished) (Drawing) (PAI1780) Rough outline sketch - unidentified (Drawing) (PAI1781) Rough outline sketch of Muscat (Drawing) (PAI1782) Sketch of Island of Rondolo?, unfinished (Drawing) (PAI1783) Rough outline sketch of Cape Hallani (continued from PAI1783) (Drawing) (PAI1784) Sketch of the station at Hallani (Drawing) (PAI1785) Rough sketch of Sager Mountains (Drawing) (PAI1786) Rough outline sketch of mountain range viewed from a terrace (Drawing) (PAI1787) Sketch of Landing the Red Sea Telegraph Cable, Kurachee (Karachi?) 13 Jan 1860 (Drawing) (PAI1788) Slight sketch of men on horseback (Drawing) (PAI1789) Sketch of seascape, two rocky islands and a junk sailing, entitled 'P&O Singapore' (Drawing) (PAI1790) Rough outline sketch of a rugged coast (Drawing) (PAI1791) Small sketches of a Indian, camels and a pot (Drawing) (PAI1792) Sketches of trees and figures (Drawing) (PAI1793) The City of Paramaribo, Surinam (Print) (PAI1794)

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