HMS Galatea and a fishing boat off Lisbon c.1867?

37.9 x 47.3 cm (frame, external) | RCIN 450780

Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817-94)

Description

DM 362: Three-masted sailing vessel steaming across choppy water left to right, and a fishing boat goung the other way, crew hauling on her sails. In the distance, the 16th-century Tower of Belem at the mouth of the River Tagus. Signed.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Sir Oswald Walters Brierly (1817-94)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Galatea (HMS)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

pencil, bodycolour

watercolour painting

Measurements

37.9 x 47.3 cm (frame, external)

14.0 x 23.3 cm (sight)
Groupings
Category
Drawings / Watercolours
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Portugal
Lisbon [Portugal]
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Astronomy
Geodesy & Surveying
Topography
References

Other number(s)

RL 23549

DM : Millar, D., 1995. The Victorian Watercolours in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 2 vols, London – DM 0362

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