A Ship belonging to the Spanish Armada

Object summary

Title: A Ship belonging to the Spanish Armada
Object ID: CC-N-0026
Date made: 1802
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Draughtsman: Chanock, J.
Maker: Sewell, John
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Side view of a ship with a single bank of oars, above which is a single bank of cannons. It is three-masted, but the masts and the bowsprit are all broken. This is likely a means to avoid depicting the sails and rigging, as the rest of the ship appears undamaged.

Inscriptions

Type: pencil
Location: lower margin
Inscriber: Clark?
Text: "Galleasse"

Type: pencil
Location: lower margin
Text: "1588"

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Chanock, J.

Draughtsman

Sewell, John

Maker