The ship 'Waterloo

The full-rigged ship 'Waterloo' (according to her name pennant at the main) flying a union signal flag at the fore for a pilot, with what may be a pilot schooner in the left background bearing the number 3 on its sails. The headland with a low lighthouse behind may be the Mumbles, near Swansea. [PvdM 7/11]

Object Details

ID: BHC3712
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: McFarlane, Duncan
Vessels: Waterloo (1848)
Date made: Mid 19th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Macpherson Collection
Measurements: Painting: 560 x 913 x 22 mm