PZ0882-001

The English fleet off the entrance to the Dardanelles with, verso, the French and English fleets in Besika Bay, October 1853 Long Caption: Inscribed on recto, at the top, ' Entrance of Dardanells', 'Plains of Troy', ' Tomb of Achilles' and, along the bottom, the names of the ships shown anchored in two lines abreast off the coast in the foreground and right. The names of the ships are shown inscribed on top row as follows: ''Trafalgar 120 guns', 'Bellerophon 78', 'Albion 90', 'Britannia Flag 120', 'Rodney 90', 'Vengeance 80', 'Firebrand S.V. (steam vessel)'; and, on the lower row: 'Fury S.V.', 'Inflexible S.V.', 'Niger S.V.', 'Tiger S.V.', 'Retribution S.V.', 'Sampson S.V.' (Verso) Inscribed top right ‘Oct 2d 53 / Besika Bay’, above a panoramic sketch of the bay, with a local sloop-rigged caique or similar vessel with an exceptionally long gaff and double topsails on the right. The lower half of the sheet is a separate drawing inscribed lower left, ‘GPMends / French and / English Fleet laying in Besika Bay /June 15th 1853’. The French lie to seaward, on the left, the English squadron inshore, the view being northward, with a local rowing boat at centre. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAI0882 Artist: Captain George Pechell Mends Date: 1853 Medium: graphite Size: 255 mm x 372 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.