H.M.S. Victory off N. Africa
Watercolour
1806 (painted)
1806 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
Object details
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| Title | H.M.S. Victory off N. Africa (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour, with inscriptions on separate sheet of laid paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, H.M.S. Victory off N.Africa, 1806, in the manner of Nicholas Pocock |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title, signed (or inscribed) and dated H.M, 1806. |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Historical context | See Searight Archive for suggestions that the artist might be either Hugh MacDonell, who visited North Africa in 1810, and succeeded Branckley as Consul-General in 1812, or the Revd C. Willyams, and for a list of HM ships calling at Algiers, 1806-12. After the battle of Trafalgar, Victory was in Gibraltar, at the end of 1805 or early in 1806, before going to Chatham for refitting. This allows for the possibility of the vessel being off North Africa in 1806, as the inscriptions suggest, although she would be in a battered state, which is not apparent in the watercolour. (Information from the National Maritime Museum.). |
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| Accession number | SD.811 |
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| Record created | March 23, 2008 |
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