PY4312

HMS 'Ocean', 2nd-rate. Union at the Main off Gibraltar with tenders Long Caption: Hendrik Kobell was the eldest and most important of a family of artists originating in Rotterdam. He produced paintings and drawings, but was of considerable importance as an etcher, producing some twenty plates. An old, faint ink inscription on the back of the drawing identifies both the ship and the artist. Although the circumstances of its being made are not known it is likely that the drawing dates from Kobell's stay in England, possibly a commission for an English naval officer. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAH4312 Artist: Hendrik Kobell Date: 1771 Medium: graphite; watercolour; pen and black ink; wash grey Size: 335 mm x 570 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.