PT1989

Bray Album: 'A Sailor bringing up his hammock, Pallas, Jany 75' Long Caption: In 1991 the Museum acquired a group of drawings by Gabriel Bray (1750-1823), the second lieutenant on HMS 'Pallas' during a voyage to the coast of West Africa and the West Indies, 1774-1775, under Captain the Hon. William Cornwallis. The drawings are remarkable because they show aspects of everyday life on board a Royal Navy ship during the 1770s, the decade of Captain Cook's three voyages. The drawings are rare if not unique in showing sailors and marines about their daily duties - in this a example a sailor carrying his hammock. This drawing, or one like it, is also shown being inspected in Bray's sketchbook by James Cornwallis - a relative of the captain's who was also on the voyage - in a portrait drawing of him from the same group. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAJ1989 Artist: Gabriel Bray Medium: watercolour Size: 185 mm x 131 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.