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Drawing from 'Sketches taken during our voyage from Gravesend to Calcutta on board the troopship 'Hydaspes' Aug.t 19th 65 to Dec.r 10th 65'

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ID:	ZBA4029
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Thurlow, Edward Hovell
Date made:	1865
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 90 x 96 mm
Parts:	Sketches taken during our voyage from Gravesend to Calcutta on board the troopship 'Hydaspes' Aug.t 19th 65 to Dec.r 10th 65 (Album) Drawing (ZBA2417) Troop Ship "Hydaspes" Aug 19th Lat 48° 50' Long 7° 34' (Drawing) (ZBA2852) Troop Ship "Hydaspes" Aug 27th Lat 40° 20' Long 15° 5' (Drawing) (ZBA2853) Aug 15th Pilot Boat (Drawing) (ZBA2854) A wet day - Aug. 18th (Drawing) (ZBA2855) Start point & lighthouse Aug 14th (Drawing) (ZBA2856) One of our last views of England Aug 16th (Drawing) (ZBA2857) The Delights of getting into one's Berth during a Gale of Wind (Drawing) (ZBA2858) View on the Devonshire Coast Aug 14th (Drawing) (ZBA2859) Mrs Gage's cats "Cyrus & Tommy" or the Demons of the Saloon: Cyrus forgets himself so far as to outrage my cabin. I pursue. (Drawing) (ZBA2860) Mrs Gage's cats "Cyrus & Tommy" or the Demons of the Saloon: With Murdoch's assistance he is caught & severely handled much to Bung's amusement. Aug 18th (Drawing) (ZBA2861) The further adventures of Cyrus & Tommy: One of them again visits me & the full force of an 'Owen and Davies' Treatise of Artillery is hurled at him. Sept 2nd (Drawing) (ZBA2862) The further adventures of Cyrus & Tommy: A third time he gets it [?] hard from my Hair Brush. Sept 10th (Drawing) (ZBA2863) The further adventures of Cyrus & Tommy: They make a meal of Mrs Clifford's Hat much to her disgust (Drawing) (ZBA2864) Roberts adopts the expedient of throwing his shoe at them whenever they cross his path. Sept 18th (Drawing) (ZBA2865) With great success (Drawing) (ZBA2866) Tommy is taken into the rigging and released by Murdoch (Drawing) (ZBA2867) Quarter deck of the "Hydaspes" (Drawing) (ZBA2868) Feathering the screw. "Something wrong" the Engineer thinks. Sept 26th (Drawing) (ZBA2869) Signalling the Homeward bound vessel to report that she has [?] Lat 9° 26' Long 49° 44' (Drawing) (ZBA2870) The First Night at the Piano Forte Aug 22nd (Drawing) (ZBA2871) Troop Deck by night Sept 14th (Drawing) (ZBA2872) The Honble. Col Gage RHA Comp trooper on board "The Hydaspes" (Drawing) (ZBA2873) Col. Gage & orderly Sept 30th (Drawing) (ZBA2874) Dutch Barque Aug 22nd Lat 47° 47' Long 10° 36' (Drawing) (ZBA2875) The Pleasures of Dining in a Gale of Wind Sept 16th (Drawing) (ZBA2876) Manners & customs of the British Seamen when hauling on a rope (Drawing) (ZBA2877) Col. Tupper RHA Sept 18th (Drawing) (ZBA2878) Heaving the log Sept 16th (Drawing) (ZBA2879) Group of Gunners (Drawing) (ZBA2880) The Perils of the Gangway Sept 20th. Facilis descenscus Averno (Drawing) (ZBA2881) The Perils of the Gangway Sept 20th. sed revocare gradus hic labor hoc opus est (Drawing) (ZBA2882) Mrs Tredcroft (Drawing) (ZBA2883) Harvey alias "Old Arvey" : his usual mode of sitting before (Drawing) (ZBA2884) Harvey alias "Old Arvey" (Drawing) (ZBA2885) Harvey alias "Old Arvey": & after dinner (Drawing) (ZBA2886) Costume of the Lady's maid of the Period "The Egyptian" Sept 23rd (Drawing) (ZBA2887) Sgt Major Murphy "[?]" (Drawing) (ZBA2888) Service on board the "Hydaspes" (Drawing) (ZBA2889) The faithful "Crib" Sept 24th (Drawing) (ZBA2890) The faithful "Crib" (Drawing) (ZBA2891) The faithful "Crib" (Drawing) (ZBA2892) The faithful "Crib" Sept 24th (Drawing) (ZBA2893) The faithful "Crib" (Drawing) (ZBA2894) The faithful "Crib": His master calls him. Crib's usual way of answering the summons (Drawing) (ZBA2895) Mr Groom (the Purser) Gyll RHA 2pm Sept 25th (Drawing) (ZBA2896) Mrs Clifford Sept 24th (Drawing) (ZBA2897) Col & Mrs Gage - Sunday!!! Oct 1st (Drawing) (ZBA2898) Island of Trinidada off the coast of South America. Southern Point of the Island of Trinidada Sept 28th (Drawing) (ZBA2899) Island of Trinidada off the coast of South America. The Nine Pin Rock - Sept 28th (Drawing) (ZBA2900) J. B. Skoulding. Vet Surgeon RHG alias John alias [B?] alias [?]...a few illustrations of his character & habits. [B?] in a gale of wind Sept 30th (Drawing) (ZBA2901) J. B. Skoulding. Vet Surgeon RHG alias John alias [B?] alias [?]...a few illustrations of his character & habits. Time 12 midnight. Sings - "My own my Guiding star". (Drawing) (ZBA2902) J. B. Skoulding. Vet Surgeon RHG alias John alias [B?] alias [?]...a few illustrations of his character & habits. He takes stock of the Island of Trinidada. The first land we have seen for fifty days. Votes [?] the while thing a DO & [?] returns to bed which he had left twenty minutes before. Time is 10.30 am Sept 28th. (Drawing) (ZBA2903) J. B. Skoulding. Vet Surgeon RHG alias John alias [B?] alias [?]...a few illustrations of his character & habits. He takes stock of the Island of Trinidada. The first land we have seen for fifty days. Votes [?] the while thing a DO & [?] returns to bed which he had left twenty minutes before. Time is 10.30 am Sept 28th. (Drawing) (ZBA2904) Having just left his bed he attends Divine Service Oct 19th (Drawing) (ZBA2905) When I say a glass of Port is good you may lay your life to a shilling its not so bad. Speech as made by B[?] after dinner Oct 10th 65. (Drawing) (ZBA2906) "When you go to Rome - do as Rome does" - at least so thought [B?] when he appeared in a Hottentot [?] on the latitude of the Cape & land of the Hottentots. (Drawing) (ZBA2907) [F?] smokes (Drawing) (ZBA2908) drinks his liquor (Drawing) (ZBA2909) reads (Drawing) (ZBA2910) ruminates over things in general (Drawing) (ZBA2911) and he plays cards - "Triko" the Trick explains [F?] (Drawing) (ZBA2912) A most successful [draw?]. [B?]'s cabin is ordered to be fumigated. This is most successfully done by Burnett & [?] - as usual [B?] is in bed. (Drawing) (ZBA2913) The Island of Trinidada looking North Sept 28th (Drawing) (ZBA2914) Martin Vass Rocks - South of Trinidada Sept 28th (Drawing) (ZBA2915) Bending the mainsail Sept 25th (Drawing) (ZBA2916) B's Cabin time 12 noon Sept 23rd (Drawing) (ZBA2917) Sept 21st [B?] having made mention of his qualifications as a Boxer - is invited to a personal encounter by Mr [F?] the Engineer - his claret is tapped. (Drawing) (ZBA2918) Accident to a sailor who fell from the Mizen Rigging but was caught by the Mizen Fore Stay Sept 25th (Drawing) (ZBA2919) A soldiers child is imported on the quarter deck by Mrs Gage & is by no means cordially received by the males Sept 26th (Drawing) (ZBA2920) A soldiers child is imported on the quarter deck by Mrs Gage & is by no means cordially received by the males Sept 26th (Drawing) (ZBA2921) Island of Trinidad South Atlantic Sept 28th (Drawing) (ZBA2922) The Gale Sept 30th It's only a squall that has struck the ship Lat 22° 44' Long 29° 27' (Drawing) (ZBA2923) Troop ship "Hydaspes" in the Gale Sept 29th, 30th, & Oct 1st Lat 22° 44' Long 29° 27' (Drawing) (ZBA2924) Nothing for Breakfast Oct 2nd (Drawing) (ZBA2925) Mrs Gage's back hair (Drawing) (ZBA2926) Mrs Clifford (Drawing) (ZBA2927) Drawing (ZBA2928) Mrs Clifford (Drawing) (ZBA2929) Tanner RHA Oct 3rd (Drawing) (ZBA2930) Murdoch RHA Oct 5th (Drawing) (ZBA2931) Mrs Gage in the Gale Oct 30th (Drawing) (ZBA2932) Sturges the boatswain (Drawing) (ZBA2933) The Captain Oct 3rd (Drawing) (ZBA2934) Harvey having his after dinner [Calumet?] (Drawing) (ZBA2935) Reilly at his usual occupation Fishing for Cape Pigeons Oct 5th (Drawing) (ZBA2936) Bird caught on a rock, Nov 29th, about 450 miles from land Lat 4° 5' North Long 88° 29' East (Drawing) (ZBA2937) Cape Pidgeon Oct 8th (Drawing) (ZBA2938) Lat 28° 5' North Long 88° 29' East (Drawing) (ZBA2939) Study of Waves from the Stern Window during the Gale Oct 1st (Drawing) (ZBA2940) Tanner RHA & his hair in a breeze Oct 7th (Drawing) (ZBA2941) Roberts feels sleepy Nov 26th (Drawing) (ZBA2942) Deck of the Hydaspes in a Gale Sept 30th (Drawing) (ZBA2943) 'Dom that Crojick' Oct 11th (Drawing) (ZBA2944) The Homeward bound "Star of Erin" that took our first letters home Sept 10th Lat 12° 3' Long 29° 8' (Drawing) (ZBA2945) The 3rd Engineer refuses to obey the Chief Engineer who falls foul of his Subordinate & knocks him into the Stoke Hole. (Drawing) (ZBA2946) "I likes me Poipe [?] - I does" Sentiment expressed by Mrs Jake Hospital Nurse & the women on board (Drawing) (ZBA2947) A little singing takes place at night on deck - Unfortunately it is over Colonel & Mrs Gage's cabin who are rather sleepy - Oct 11th (Drawing) (ZBA2948) At last Gage can stand the singing no longer & at the suggestion of his wife he sallies forth & by standing on the Bannisters of the Saloon stairs he can just (Drawing) (ZBA2949) get his head out of the sky light & implore the singers to desist Oct 11th (Drawing) (ZBA2950) Sunset & Albatrosses Oct 12th (Drawing) (ZBA2951) Sunset Sept 23rd (Drawing) (ZBA2952) Group of Birds (Drawing) (ZBA2953) Commencement of the Gale on the Evening of October 17th. (Drawing) (ZBA2954) A few incidents that occurred during the Gale. My traps break loose at night & shower themselves on to my head. (Drawing) (ZBA2955) A few incidents that occurred during the Gale. I am hoisted onto my chest of drawers. (Drawing) (ZBA2956) A few incidents that occurred during the Gale. My servant enters the cabin just as I am driven down it by a lurch of the ship. He acts as a buffer. (Drawing) (ZBA2957) A few incidents that occurred during the Gale. (Drawing) (ZBA2958) A few incidents that occurred during the Gale. The stores break loose in the lower saloon much to the horror of Mrs Gage's cats. (Drawing) (ZBA2959) A few incidents that occurred during the Gale. & also of Colonel Tupper who in his nightshirt inveighs loudly to the assembled multitude also in their nightshirts on the folly of the Captain carrying so much sail. (Drawing) (ZBA2960) Study of waves during the Gale of between 17th 18th 19th (Drawing) (ZBA4024) Sergeant Murphy comes to make a report to us and falls prostrate... (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4025) Best assists Mrs Gage (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4026) Harvey loses his hat as well as his equilibrium (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4027) Ditto Tredcroft who in falling upset Gage (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4028) I receive the contents of a sideboard over me in the shape of some large dish covers (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4029) Mrs Gage is the least bit nervous & walks about the saloon striking matches to keep up her courage (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4030) The only comfortable man in the ship is Harvey. His cabin being a swamp. He got his own cushion rolled up in a rug. He betook himself this book of Hindostanee (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4031) Gage tries to get to his Cabin & fails (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4032) The Steward's method of carrying the tea at Breakfast during the Gale (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4033) A servant endeavours to wait on his master. The motion of the ship is against it (Incidents during the Gale) (Drawing) (ZBA4034) Wasp (Drawing) (ZBA4035) Wasp & Venom (Drawing) (ZBA4036) Wasp & Crib (Drawing) (ZBA4037) Crib (Drawing) (ZBA4038) Crib (Drawing) (ZBA4039) Lt Gyll RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4040) Lt Best RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4041) Lt Gyll RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4042) Lt Roberts RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4043) Capt Keene RHA & Lt Col Tupper RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4044) As Surg Tanner RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4045) Capt Tredcroft RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4046) As Surg Chester RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4047) Lt Burnett RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4048) V.S. Skoulding RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4049) Col the Honble E. Gage Com RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4050) Lt Harvey RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4051) V S Reilly RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4052) Lt Hill RHA (Drawing) (ZBA4053) Our first view of the Cape Oct 24th (Drawing) (ZBA4054) Lion Mountain, The Devils Peak & Table Mountain, The Cape Oct 24th (Drawing) (ZBA4055) View of Cape Town and Table Bay from the foot of Table Mountain Oct 25th (Drawing) (ZBA4056) Summit of the Table Mt Oct 27th (Drawing) (ZBA4057) Lion Mountain Oct 27th (Drawing) (ZBA4058) Hottentot Holland - Mountains from Table Bay Oct 28th (Drawing) (ZBA4059) Lion Mt & entrance to Table Bay Oct 28th (Drawing) (ZBA4060) Hottentot Holland - Mts from the Claremont Station Oct 27th (Drawing) (ZBA4061) Haylip Head, Table Bay & Cape of Good Hope from Constantin Oct 27th (Drawing) (ZBA4062) Master deck of the Hydaspes during the gale Oct 31st (Drawing) (ZBA4063) Losing one of our cutters 2pm Oct 31st (Drawing) (ZBA4064) Cutting away the life boat 6pm Oct 31st (Drawing) (ZBA4065) The Gale rounding the Cape Oct 30th-31st Nov 1st (Drawing) (ZBA4066) Seated man smoking a pipe (Sketches of Figures at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4067) Back view of man with hat (Sketches of Figures at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4068) Women carrying babies and laundry (Sketches of Figures at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4069) Woman with basket (Sketches of Figures at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4070) Man with basket (Sketches of Figures at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4071) Man smoking a pipe (Sketches at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4072) Two men relaxing (Sketches at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4073) Profile of man (Sketches at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4074) Profile of man in hat (Sketches at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4075) Man in white (Sketches at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4076) Man carrying baskets (Sketches at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4077) Man with Head-dress (Sketches at Cape Town) (Drawing) (ZBA4078) On the Pier at Capetown Oct 26th (Drawing) (ZBA4079) Beggar at Claremont (Drawing) (ZBA4080) Sharp Kaffir Waiter at the hotel (Drawing) (ZBA4081) Bantums at Constantia belonging to Mrs Van Kuman (Drawing) (ZBA4082) Crib finds his way into a shop of stuffed animals (Drawing) (ZBA4083) My cabin in the Hydaspes (Drawing) (ZBA4084) Gage & his chair carried away Oct 31st (Drawing) (ZBA4085) Also my chest of Drawers break their fastenings & carry away on to me in bed Oct 20th (Drawing) (ZBA4086) Two ladies in the married deck- their spirits being raised by the Gale have a set-to Gin pots being found the very effective weapons in the Affray: Report made to me afterwards by the vanquished party "and yes onor she massacred me with the pot she did" (Drawing) (ZBA4087) Harvey's portable writing case (Drawing) (ZBA4088) A Scene in the saloon during the Gale A certain lady gets out at the gathers (Drawing) (ZBA4089) A little amusement we used to have on the quarter deck early in the morning before the people were up (Drawing) (ZBA4090) 'Prince' Sergt Cossy's dog (Drawing) (ZBA4091) Tame Ostriches- a sketch in the Governor's Garden Cape Town Oct 29th (Drawing) (ZBA4092) Cape Town & Table Mountain from Table Bay Oct 29th (Drawing) (ZBA4093) Troop ship 'Hydaspes' at Anchor in Table Bay Oct 29th (Drawing) (ZBA4094) Mrs Clifford (Drawing) (ZBA4095) Mrs Tredroft (Drawing) (ZBA4096) Our Pilot boarding us at the Sand Heads Calcutta 7:30am Dec 9th (Drawing) (ZBA4097) Our first view of India Sangor Island Dec 9th (Drawing) (ZBA4098) Track of the ship 'Hydaspes' Bound from Gravesend to Calcutta having on board A B & C Batteries Royal Horse Artillery sailed 12th August 1865 (Drawing) (ZBA4099)

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