H. M. S. Dido (18 Guns) Casting from Spithead, 1841

Object summary

Title: H. M. S. Dido (18 Guns) Casting from Spithead, 1841
Object ID: CC-F-0185
Date made: 1845
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Printmakers: Day & Haghe
Lithographer: Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth
Maker: Fores
Draftsman: Inglefield, Edward Augustus
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A port-side view of the corvette with her fore course and main course loosely furled. She flies a British naval white ensign. At the horizon line is a coastal city. Other small and large sailing vessels and a steamship are in the left and right background. In the bottom margin, the text notes that the print is dedicated to Captain Keppel, who commanded the ship from 1841-1845, and the officers of the ship.