PY3795

Slight sketch of 'Newcastle' frigate at Spithead Long Caption: Mounted in album with PAH3772-PAH3794, PAH3796-PAH3801. No. 24 of 30 '...May 7th 1814, the stern of a different vessel, and a moored vessel viewed from the stern with buildings beyond'. Inscribed 'Newcastle frigate at Spithead May 7th 1814'. HMS 'Newcastle' was a 4th rate of 60 guns (pitch pine-built) built by Wigram and Green at Blackwall and launched on 10 November 1813. The ship flies signal flags from the peak of her gaff, perhaps for identification, and a cutter is depicted on her port side. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAH3795 Artist: John Christian Schetky Date: 1814 Medium: graphite Size: 227 mm x 365 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.