PT2031

A Marine asleep beneath a companionway on the 'Pallas' Long Caption: This was probably sketched on the 'Pallas's' transatlantic passage from Africa to Barbados, from 4 April to 31 May 1775. The location in the ship is probably almost the same as in PAJ2023, on the port side of the main gundeck forward hatch, looking forward, with the port anchor cable snaking out of the lower foreground and temporarily hoisted overhead, out of the way while making passage. The forward companionway rises to the deck above on the right. The seamen on the left is sitting in a sea chest marked 'CDN 17' (probably CD No. 17), his number and place in the ship (see PAJ1989). Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAJ2031 Artist: Gabriel Bray (1750-1823) Date: 1775 Medium: watercolour Size: 114 mm x 173 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.