H. M. 50 Gun Frigate "Phaeton."

Object summary

Title: H. M. 50 Gun Frigate "Phaeton."
Object ID: CC-R-0079
Date made: 1850
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Publisher: Ackermann & Co.
Printer: Day & Son Ltd.
Draftsman and lithographer: Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A colored lithograph of the port-side view of the HMS 'Phaeton.' She is in a harbor surrounded by other named vessels of the British Navy and a British built yacht for the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas I. The names are printed below the image. The 'Phaeton' flies the White Ensign of the Royal Navy and all of her sails are set and pulling.